This is not really vary large, Solr should handle this easily (assuming you've given it enough memory) so I'd go with a large number, say 20M. If you start running out of memory, then you've probably given the JVM too little memory.
But Solr should handle this without a burp. Best Erick On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:20 AM, McGibbney, Lewis John < lewis.mcgibb...@gcu.ac.uk> wrote: > Hello list, > > I am aware that setting the value of maxFieldLength in solrconfig.xml too > high may/will result in out-of-mem errors. I wish to provide content > extraction on a number of pdf documents which are large, by large I mean > 8-11MB (occasionally more), and I am also not sure how many terms reside in > each field when it is indexed. My question is therefore what is a sensible > number to set this value to in order to include the majority/all terms > within documents of this size. > > Thank you > > Lewis > > > Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number > SC021474 > > Winner: Times Higher Education's Widening Participation Initiative of the > Year 2009 and Herald Society's Education Initiative of the Year 2009. > > http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,6219,en.html > > Winner: Times Higher Education's Outstanding Support for Early Career > Researchers of the Year 2010, GCU as a lead with Universities Scotland > partners. > > http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,15691,en.html >
