> Sorting and index norms have space penalties. > Sorting on a field creates an array of Java ints, one for every > document in the index. Index norms (used for boosting documents and > other things) create an array of bytes in the Lucene index files, one > for every document in the index. > If you sort on many of your dynamic fields your memory use will > explode, and the same with index norms and disk space.
Thanks for the info. In general, I knew sorting was expensive, but I didn't realize that dynamic fields made it worse. -- A. Steven Anderson Independent Consultant st...@asanderson.com
