2.4 does indeed support read-only mode. I don't know how much it will help, but I would definitely try it.
On 11/14/09, Eran Sevi <erans...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm still using version 2.4 so I think there's still no read only mode. > Is there no other way to prevent this slow down in previous versions? > > Eran. > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Michael Garski > <mgar...@myspace-inc.com>wrote: > >> Eran, >> >> What version of Lucene are you using? Are you opening the IndexReader >> in read-only mode? >> >> Michael >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Eran Sevi [mailto:erans...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:06 AM >> To: lucene-net-user@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: IndexWriter is slow when reader is open >> >> Hi, >> I'm using Lucene.Net 2.4 and I just noticed that when I index documents >> while there's at least one IndexReader open on that index (even without >> doing anything), the indexing speed is slower by a factor of 3 to 5. >> When >> closing the reader, the indexing speed goes back to normal. >> I'm not doing any deletes, only adds. >> >> My index is going to be updated regularly and there's going to be a >> reader/searcher in use almost all the time so this might be a big >> problem >> for me. >> >> Does anyone have a clue if this is normal behavior? why does it happen >> and >> how can I avoid such a big loss in performance? >> >> >> Thanks, >> Eran. >> >> >
