Hello: Currently, I have a large index being build in sections. The indexing program has multiple threads which it uses to optimize time; each thread makes its own, separate index to avoid threads fighting over resources. At the end of the program, the indexes are merged into a single index.
...I've read both that merging deletes and does not delete the indexes merged. It looks like they're not being deleted, since when I check on the sizes of each index, I see the following: SIZE------INDEX NAME/DIRECTORY 361M term2gm/WorkerThread0 357M term2gm/WorkerThread1 449M term2gm/WorkerThread2 404M term2gm/WorkerThread3 359M term2gm/WorkerThread4 274M term2gm/WorkerThread5 428M term2gm/WorkerThread6 306M term2gm/WorkerThread7 317M term2gm/WorkerThread8 309M term2gm/WorkerThread9 2.8G term2gm/finalindex_term2gm The final index is the merged index at the end of the program. Is it safe for me to delete the WorkerThread# indexes, or do I need to keep them so that my final, merged index is maintained? Also, if I merge indexes later, will the original indexes be kept, or deleted, after the merge? Like I said, I've read it both ways, and I want to be sure of how it is with Lucene 2.4.1 / Lucene 2.9 Thanks! Kylie -- The Circle of the Dragon -- dragon history and mystery http://www.blackdrago.com/index.html Online Resume and Portfolio http://www.kyliemccormick.com/ "Light, seeking light, doth the light of light beguile!" -- William Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost
