Hi, I was checking the SortedDocValuesField and its performance in Sort as opposed to a normal i.e. StringField and its performance in the same sort. So, I used the same string/bytesref value in both fields and in separate JVM processes, I launched the two sorts.
I used a RAMDirectory and created a million items. The SortedDocValuesField sort took 12/13 seconds and consumed approx 500-550 megs of RAM whereas the StringField took 10/11 seconds and consumed 350-400 megs of RAM. Is this normal behavior? I was expecting the SDVF to perform better since it is indexed for sorting and not stored for any other purpose. ----------------------- Thanks n Regards, Sandeep Ramesh Khanzode
