Hey most of the cat APIs support the local HTTP request parameter, which uses the local cluster state instead of redirecting a request to the master (so you can have the same behaviour than using _local).
--Alex On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 10:31 PM, H Gesserti <[email protected]> wrote: > When I make a call to, say, _cat/allocation, does it only check local node > state, or does it make calls to other nodes in the cluster to verify? > I was looking comparing _cat behavior to _cluster/health under heavy load, > and the two seem to perform the same under load. > > At the same time, I tried _nodes/_local/stats/name, and it performed much > better than either. Why is that? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c86ced4-1981-4f61-8269-1da12a484a69%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c86ced4-1981-4f61-8269-1da12a484a69%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGCwEM-MSg8bRwaob-ojZ9X2iPop%3D%3DnQYoo%2B9Z4ZQihri%3DNSVA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
