On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Marc Des Garets <marc.desgar...@192.com>wrote:
> > If I have a mergeFactor of 50 when I build the index and then I optimize > the index, I end up with 1 index file so I have a small number of index > files and having used mergeFactor of 50 won't slow searching? Or my > supposition is wrong and the mergeFactor used when building the index > has an impact on speed searching anyway? > > If you optimize then mergeFactor does not matter and your searching speed will not be slowed down. On the other hand, the optimize may take the bulk of the indexing time, so you won't get any benefit from using a mergeFactor of 50. -- Regards, Shalin Shekhar Mangar.
