It replaces field data and instead of storing things in heap, it stores them on disk. You take a minor performance hit but you get a lot more back by freeing up your heap.
On 4 March 2015 at 16:13, Dennis <[email protected]> wrote: > I read the manual, and I still don't quite get what doc_values is. Anyone > can explain it better than the manual? > > On Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 3:17:13 PM UTC-8, Justin Zhu wrote: >> >> Would this start building the doc values structure for new documents >> indexed and not prior docs? >> > -- > 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/c5ed7e7b-e4a6-49fc-9060-fd2837f3b93c%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c5ed7e7b-e4a6-49fc-9060-fd2837f3b93c%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/CAEYi1X-kx7J2uG%2BmmbQ0jv2vrMRLyYQY109wXyK2dU%2BAVMRdiQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
