On 3/4/2015 4:12 PM, Erick Erickson wrote: > I _think_, but don't know for sure, that the merging stuff doesn't get > triggered until you commit, it doesn't "just happen". > > Shot in the dark...
I believe that new segments are created when the indexing buffer (ramBufferSizeMB) fills up, even without commits. I'm pretty sure that anytime a new segment is created, the merge policy is checked to see whether a merge is needed. Thanks, Shawn