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Re: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e., ByteBuffersDirectory)

2020-12-14 Thread baris . kazar


Thanks Robert.

I think these valuable comments need to be placed on javadocs for future 
references.


i think i am getting enough info for making a decision:

i will use MMapDirectory without setPreload and i hope my index will fit 
into the RAM.


i plan to post a blog for findings.

Best regards


On 12/14/20 5:52 PM, Robert Muir wrote:

On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 1:59 PM Uwe Schindler  wrote:

Hi,

as writer of the original bog post, here my comments:

Yes, MMapDirectory.setPreload() is the feature mentioned in my blog post is
to load everything into memory - but that does not guarantee anything!
Still, I would not recommend to use that function, because all it does is to
just touch every page of the file, so the linux kernel puts it into OS cache
- nothing more; IMHO very ineffective as it slows down openining index for a
stupid for-each-page-touch-loop. It will do this with EVERY page, if it is
later used or not! So this may take some time until it is done. Lateron,
still Lucene needs to open index files, initialize its own data
structures,...

In general it is much better to open index, with MMAP directory and execute
some "sample" queries. This will do exactly the same like the preload
function, but it is more "selective". Parts of the index which are not used
won't be touched, and on top, it will also load ALL the required index
structures to heap.


The main purpose of this thing is a fast warming option for random
access files such as "i want to warm all my norms in RAM" or "i want
to warm all my docvalues in RAM"... really it should only be used with
the FileSwitchDirectory for a targeted purpose such as that: it is
definitely a waste to set it for your entire index. It is just
exposing the 
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/nio/MappedByteBuffer.html#load()
which first calls madvise(MADV_WILLNEED) and then touches every page.
If you want to "warm" an ENTIRE very specific file for a reason like
this (e.g. per-doc scoring value, ensuring it will be hot for all
docs), it is hard to be more efficient than that.

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Re: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e., ByteBuffersDirectory)

2020-12-14 Thread Robert Muir

On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 1:59 PM Uwe Schindler  wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> as writer of the original bog post, here my comments:
>
> Yes, MMapDirectory.setPreload() is the feature mentioned in my blog post is
> to load everything into memory - but that does not guarantee anything!
> Still, I would not recommend to use that function, because all it does is to
> just touch every page of the file, so the linux kernel puts it into OS cache
> - nothing more; IMHO very ineffective as it slows down openining index for a
> stupid for-each-page-touch-loop. It will do this with EVERY page, if it is
> later used or not! So this may take some time until it is done. Lateron,
> still Lucene needs to open index files, initialize its own data
> structures,...
>
> In general it is much better to open index, with MMAP directory and execute
> some "sample" queries. This will do exactly the same like the preload
> function, but it is more "selective". Parts of the index which are not used
> won't be touched, and on top, it will also load ALL the required index
> structures to heap.
>

The main purpose of this thing is a fast warming option for random
access files such as "i want to warm all my norms in RAM" or "i want
to warm all my docvalues in RAM"... really it should only be used with
the FileSwitchDirectory for a targeted purpose such as that: it is
definitely a waste to set it for your entire index. It is just
exposing the 
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/nio/MappedByteBuffer.html#load()
which first calls madvise(MADV_WILLNEED) and then touches every page.
If you want to "warm" an ENTIRE very specific file for a reason like
this (e.g. per-doc scoring value, ensuring it will be hot for all
docs), it is hard to be more efficient than that.

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Re: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e., ByteBuffersDirectory)

2020-12-14 Thread baris . kazar

I see, i think i will use first way the constructor woith MMap and i 
will not use setPreload api to avoid slowdowns.


yes, i was expecting a warning from eclipse in the second usage but 
nothing came up.


Thanks for the clarifications.

Best regards


On 12/14/20 2:55 PM, Uwe Schindler wrote:

Hi,

  

Thanks Uwe, i am not insisting on to load everything into memory

but loading into memory might speed up and i would like to see how much
speedup.


but i have one more question and that is still not clear to me:

"it is much better to open index, with MMAP directory"


does this mean i should not use the constructor but instead use the open
api?

No that means, use MMapDirectory, it should fit your needs. If you have enough 
memory outside of heap in your operating system that can be used by Lucene to 
have all pages of the mmaped file in memory then it’s the best you can have.

FSDirectory.open() is fine as it will always use MMapDirectory on 64 bit 
platforms.


in other words: which way should be preferred?

Does not matter. If you want to use setPreload() [beware of slowdowns on 
opening index files for first time!!!], use constructor of MMAPDirectory, 
because the FSDirectoryFactory cannot guarantee which implementation you get.

Calling a static method on a class that does not implement it, is generally 
considered bad practise (Eclipse should warn you). The static 
FSDirectory.open() is a factory method and should be used (on FSDircetory not 
its subclass) if you don't know what you want to have and be operating system 
independent. If you want MMapDirectory and its features specifically, use the 
constructor.


The example is from both during indexing and searching:


/*First way: Using constructor (without setPreload) :*/

MMapDirectory dir = new MMapDirectory(Paths.get(indexDir)); // Uses
FSLockFactory.getDefault() and DEFAULT_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE which is 1GB
if (dir.getPreload() == false)
  dir.setPreload(Constants.PRELOAD_YES); // In-Memory Lucene Index
enabled-> *commented out*
IndexReader reader = DirectoryReader.open(dir);

...


/*Second way: Or using open (without setPreload) :*/

*Directory* dir = MMapDirectory.open(Paths.get(indexDir)); //open is
inherited from FSDirectory
if (dir.getPreload() == false)
  dir.setPreload(Constants.PRELOAD_YES); // In-Memory Lucene Index
enabled-> *here setPreload cannot be used*
IndexReader reader = DirectoryReader.open(dir);
IndexSearcher is = new IndexSearcher(reader);

...


Best regards


On 12/14/20 1:51 PM, Uwe Schindler wrote:

Hi,

as writer of the original bog post, here my comments:

Yes, MMapDirectory.setPreload() is the feature mentioned in my blog post is
to load everything into memory - but that does not guarantee anything!
Still, I would not recommend to use that function, because all it does is to
just touch every page of the file, so the linux kernel puts it into OS cache
- nothing more; IMHO very ineffective as it slows down openining index for a
stupid for-each-page-touch-loop. It will do this with EVERY page, if it is
later used or not! So this may take some time until it is done. Lateron,
still Lucene needs to open index files, initialize its own data
structures,...

In general it is much better to open index, with MMAP directory and execute
some "sample" queries. This will do exactly the same like the preload
function, but it is more "selective". Parts of the index which are not used
won't be touched, and on top, it will also load ALL the required index
structures to heap.

As always and as mentioned in my blog post: there's nothing that can ensure
your index will stays in memory. Please trust the kernel to do the right
thing. Why do you care at all?

If you are curious and want to have everything in memory all the time:
- use tmpfs as your filesystem (of course you will loose data when OS shuts
down)
- disable swap and/or disable swapiness
- use only as much heap as needed, keep everything of free memory for your
index outside heap.

Fake feelings of "everything in RAM" are misconceptions like:
- use RAMDirectory (deprecated): this may be a desaster as it described in
the blog post
- use ByteBuffersDirectory: a little bit better, but this brings nothing, as
the operating system kernel may still page out your index pages. They still
live in/off heap and are part of usual paging. They are just no longer
backed by a file.

Lucene does most of the stuff outside heap, live with it!

Uwe

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-Original Message-
From: baris.ka...@oracle.com 
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 10:18 PM
To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
Cc: BARIS KAZAR 
Subject: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e.,

ByteBuffersDirectory)

Hi,-

it would be nice to create a Lucene index in files and then effectively

load it

into memory

RE: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e., ByteBuffersDirectory)

2020-12-14 Thread Uwe Schindler

Hi,

 
> Thanks Uwe, i am not insisting on to load everything into memory
> 
> but loading into memory might speed up and i would like to see how much
> speedup.
> 
> 
> but i have one more question and that is still not clear to me:
> 
> "it is much better to open index, with MMAP directory"
> 
> 
> does this mean i should not use the constructor but instead use the open
> api?

No that means, use MMapDirectory, it should fit your needs. If you have enough 
memory outside of heap in your operating system that can be used by Lucene to 
have all pages of the mmaped file in memory then it’s the best you can have.

FSDirectory.open() is fine as it will always use MMapDirectory on 64 bit 
platforms.

> in other words: which way should be preferred?

Does not matter. If you want to use setPreload() [beware of slowdowns on 
opening index files for first time!!!], use constructor of MMAPDirectory, 
because the FSDirectoryFactory cannot guarantee which implementation you get.

Calling a static method on a class that does not implement it, is generally 
considered bad practise (Eclipse should warn you). The static 
FSDirectory.open() is a factory method and should be used (on FSDircetory not 
its subclass) if you don't know what you want to have and be operating system 
independent. If you want MMapDirectory and its features specifically, use the 
constructor.

> The example is from both during indexing and searching:
> 
> 
> /*First way: Using constructor (without setPreload) :*/
> 
> MMapDirectory dir = new MMapDirectory(Paths.get(indexDir)); // Uses
> FSLockFactory.getDefault() and DEFAULT_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE which is 1GB
> if (dir.getPreload() == false)
>   dir.setPreload(Constants.PRELOAD_YES); // In-Memory Lucene Index
> enabled-> *commented out*
> IndexReader reader = DirectoryReader.open(dir);
> 
> ...
> 
> 
> /*Second way: Or using open (without setPreload) :*/
> 
> *Directory* dir = MMapDirectory.open(Paths.get(indexDir)); //open is
> inherited from FSDirectory
> if (dir.getPreload() == false)
>   dir.setPreload(Constants.PRELOAD_YES); // In-Memory Lucene Index
> enabled-> *here setPreload cannot be used*
> IndexReader reader = DirectoryReader.open(dir);
> IndexSearcher is = new IndexSearcher(reader);
> 
> ...
> 
> 
> Best regards
> 
> 
> On 12/14/20 1:51 PM, Uwe Schindler wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > as writer of the original bog post, here my comments:
> >
> > Yes, MMapDirectory.setPreload() is the feature mentioned in my blog post is
> > to load everything into memory - but that does not guarantee anything!
> > Still, I would not recommend to use that function, because all it does is to
> > just touch every page of the file, so the linux kernel puts it into OS cache
> > - nothing more; IMHO very ineffective as it slows down openining index for a
> > stupid for-each-page-touch-loop. It will do this with EVERY page, if it is
> > later used or not! So this may take some time until it is done. Lateron,
> > still Lucene needs to open index files, initialize its own data
> > structures,...
> >
> > In general it is much better to open index, with MMAP directory and execute
> > some "sample" queries. This will do exactly the same like the preload
> > function, but it is more "selective". Parts of the index which are not used
> > won't be touched, and on top, it will also load ALL the required index
> > structures to heap.
> >
> > As always and as mentioned in my blog post: there's nothing that can ensure
> > your index will stays in memory. Please trust the kernel to do the right
> > thing. Why do you care at all?
> >
> > If you are curious and want to have everything in memory all the time:
> > - use tmpfs as your filesystem (of course you will loose data when OS shuts
> > down)
> > - disable swap and/or disable swapiness
> > - use only as much heap as needed, keep everything of free memory for your
> > index outside heap.
> >
> > Fake feelings of "everything in RAM" are misconceptions like:
> > - use RAMDirectory (deprecated): this may be a desaster as it described in
> > the blog post
> > - use ByteBuffersDirectory: a little bit better, but this brings nothing, as
> > the operating system kernel may still page out your index pages. They still
> > live in/off heap and are part of usual paging. They are just no longer
> > backed by a file.
> >
> > Lucene does most of the stuff outside heap, live with it!
> >
> > Uwe
> >
> > -
> > Uwe Schindler
> > Achterdiek 19, D-28357 Bremen
> >
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thetaphi.de__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!Ll3PR
> 4BZgqmgJNQ7MrnsXr27zNYgjsyXlMh9h6awmbZgSNW-
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> >
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: baris.ka...@oracle.com 
> >> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 10:18 PM
> >> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
> >> Cc: BARIS KAZAR 
> >> Subject: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e.,
> > ByteBuffersDirectory)
> >> Hi,-
> >>
> >> it would be nice to create a Lucene index in files and then effectively

Re: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e., ByteBuffersDirectory)

2020-12-14 Thread baris . kazar


This also brings me another question:

does using MMap over FSDirectory bring any advantage with or without tmpfs?

Best regards


On 12/14/20 2:17 PM, Jigar Shah wrote:

Thanks, Uwe

Yes, recommended, tmpfs/ramfs worked like a charm in our use-case with a
read-only index, giving us very high-throughput and consistent response
time on queries.

We had to have some redundancy to be built around that service to be
high-available, so we can do a rolling update on the read-only index
reducing the risk of downtime.



On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 1:51 PM Uwe Schindler  wrote:


Hi,

as writer of the original bog post, here my comments:

Yes, MMapDirectory.setPreload() is the feature mentioned in my blog post is
to load everything into memory - but that does not guarantee anything!
Still, I would not recommend to use that function, because all it does is
to
just touch every page of the file, so the linux kernel puts it into OS
cache
- nothing more; IMHO very ineffective as it slows down openining index for
a
stupid for-each-page-touch-loop. It will do this with EVERY page, if it is
later used or not! So this may take some time until it is done. Lateron,
still Lucene needs to open index files, initialize its own data
structures,...

In general it is much better to open index, with MMAP directory and execute
some "sample" queries. This will do exactly the same like the preload
function, but it is more "selective". Parts of the index which are not used
won't be touched, and on top, it will also load ALL the required index
structures to heap.

As always and as mentioned in my blog post: there's nothing that can ensure
your index will stays in memory. Please trust the kernel to do the right
thing. Why do you care at all?

If you are curious and want to have everything in memory all the time:
- use tmpfs as your filesystem (of course you will loose data when OS shuts
down)
- disable swap and/or disable swapiness
- use only as much heap as needed, keep everything of free memory for your
index outside heap.

Fake feelings of "everything in RAM" are misconceptions like:
- use RAMDirectory (deprecated): this may be a desaster as it described in
the blog post
- use ByteBuffersDirectory: a little bit better, but this brings nothing,
as
the operating system kernel may still page out your index pages. They still
live in/off heap and are part of usual paging. They are just no longer
backed by a file.

Lucene does most of the stuff outside heap, live with it!

Uwe

-
Uwe Schindler
Achterdiek 19, D-28357 Bremen
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thetaphi.de__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!MAgLdznjSB6VCUW53bxfBB8GANAgHBAQCr4Jl4NIxTNKYeLlRtOl1TtPJMV80mkA-w$
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-Original Message-
From: baris.ka...@oracle.com 
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 10:18 PM
To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
Cc: BARIS KAZAR 
Subject: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e.,

ByteBuffersDirectory)

Hi,-

it would be nice to create a Lucene index in files and then effectively

load it

into memory once (since i use in read-only mode). I am looking into if

this is

doable in Lucene.

i wish there were an option to load whole Lucene index into memory:

Both of below urls have links to the blog url where i quoted a very nice

section:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDi__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!MAgLdznjSB6VCUW53bxfBB8GANAgHBAQCr4Jl4NIxTNKYeLlRtOl1TtPJMXBLamTEw$
rectory.html
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_2/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDi__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!MAgLdznjSB6VCUW53bxfBB8GANAgHBAQCr4Jl4NIxTNKYeLlRtOl1TtPJMV5-KIYlg$
rectory.html

This following blog mentions about such option
to run in the memory: (see the underlined sentence below)

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://blog.thetaphi.de/2012/07/use-lucenes-mmapdirectory-on-__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!MAgLdznjSB6VCUW53bxfBB8GANAgHBAQCr4Jl4NIxTNKYeLlRtOl1TtPJMXkDOv-_A$
64bit.html?m=1

MMapDirectory will not load the whole index into physical memory. Why
should it do this? We just ask the operating system to map the file into

address

space for easy access, by no means we are requesting more. Java and the

O/S

optionally provide the option to try loading the whole file into RAM (if

enough

is available), but Lucene does not use that option (we may add this

possibility

in a later version).

My question is: is there such an option?
is the method setPreLoad for this purpose:
to load all Lucene lndex into memory?

I would like to use MMapDirectory and set my
JVM heap to 16G or a bit less (since my index is
around this much).

The Lucene 8.5.2 (8.5.0 as well) javadocs say:
public void setPreload(boolean preload)
Set to true to ask mapped pages to be loaded into physical memory on

init.
The

behavior is best-effort and operating system dependent.

For example Lucene 4.0.0 does not have setPreLoad method.

Re: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e., ByteBuffersDirectory)

2020-12-14 Thread baris . kazar


Thanks Uwe, i am not insisting on to load everything into memory

but loading into memory might speed up and i would like to see how much 
speedup.



but i have one more question and that is still not clear to me:

"it is much better to open index, with MMAP directory"


does this mean i should not use the constructor but instead use the open 
api?



in other words: which way should be preferred?

The example is from both during indexing and searching:


/*First way: Using constructor (without setPreload) :*/

MMapDirectory dir = new MMapDirectory(Paths.get(indexDir)); // Uses 
FSLockFactory.getDefault() and DEFAULT_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE which is 1GB

if (dir.getPreload() == false)
  dir.setPreload(Constants.PRELOAD_YES); // In-Memory Lucene Index 
enabled-> *commented out*

IndexReader reader = DirectoryReader.open(dir);

...


/*Second way: Or using open (without setPreload) :*/

*Directory* dir = MMapDirectory.open(Paths.get(indexDir)); //open is 
inherited from FSDirectory

if (dir.getPreload() == false)
  dir.setPreload(Constants.PRELOAD_YES); // In-Memory Lucene Index 
enabled-> *here setPreload cannot be used*

IndexReader reader = DirectoryReader.open(dir);
IndexSearcher is = new IndexSearcher(reader);

...


Best regards


On 12/14/20 1:51 PM, Uwe Schindler wrote:

Hi,

as writer of the original bog post, here my comments:

Yes, MMapDirectory.setPreload() is the feature mentioned in my blog post is
to load everything into memory - but that does not guarantee anything!
Still, I would not recommend to use that function, because all it does is to
just touch every page of the file, so the linux kernel puts it into OS cache
- nothing more; IMHO very ineffective as it slows down openining index for a
stupid for-each-page-touch-loop. It will do this with EVERY page, if it is
later used or not! So this may take some time until it is done. Lateron,
still Lucene needs to open index files, initialize its own data
structures,...

In general it is much better to open index, with MMAP directory and execute
some "sample" queries. This will do exactly the same like the preload
function, but it is more "selective". Parts of the index which are not used
won't be touched, and on top, it will also load ALL the required index
structures to heap.

As always and as mentioned in my blog post: there's nothing that can ensure
your index will stays in memory. Please trust the kernel to do the right
thing. Why do you care at all?

If you are curious and want to have everything in memory all the time:
- use tmpfs as your filesystem (of course you will loose data when OS shuts
down)
- disable swap and/or disable swapiness
- use only as much heap as needed, keep everything of free memory for your
index outside heap.

Fake feelings of "everything in RAM" are misconceptions like:
- use RAMDirectory (deprecated): this may be a desaster as it described in
the blog post
- use ByteBuffersDirectory: a little bit better, but this brings nothing, as
the operating system kernel may still page out your index pages. They still
live in/off heap and are part of usual paging. They are just no longer
backed by a file.

Lucene does most of the stuff outside heap, live with it!

Uwe

-
Uwe Schindler
Achterdiek 19, D-28357 Bremen
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thetaphi.de__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!Ll3PR4BZgqmgJNQ7MrnsXr27zNYgjsyXlMh9h6awmbZgSNW-yVLBCDuFHTogNnw9_Q$
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-Original Message-
From: baris.ka...@oracle.com 
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 10:18 PM
To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
Cc: BARIS KAZAR 
Subject: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e.,

ByteBuffersDirectory)

Hi,-

it would be nice to create a Lucene index in files and then effectively

load it

into memory once (since i use in read-only mode). I am looking into if

this is

doable in Lucene.

i wish there were an option to load whole Lucene index into memory:

Both of below urls have links to the blog url where i quoted a very nice

section:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDi__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!Ll3PR4BZgqmgJNQ7MrnsXr27zNYgjsyXlMh9h6awmbZgSNW-yVLBCDuFHTrcPLQ6cQ$
rectory.html
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_2/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDi__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!Ll3PR4BZgqmgJNQ7MrnsXr27zNYgjsyXlMh9h6awmbZgSNW-yVLBCDuFHToSKhCY-w$
rectory.html

This following blog mentions about such option
to run in the memory: (see the underlined sentence below)

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://blog.thetaphi.de/2012/07/use-lucenes-mmapdirectory-on-__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!Ll3PR4BZgqmgJNQ7MrnsXr27zNYgjsyXlMh9h6awmbZgSNW-yVLBCDuFHTpvqnQhbA$
64bit.html?m=1

MMapDirectory will not load the whole index into physical memory. Why
should it do this? We just ask the operating system to map the file into

address

space for easy access, by no means we are requesting more. Java and the

O/S

optionally provide the option to try loading the whole file into RAM (if

Re: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e., ByteBuffersDirectory)

2020-12-14 Thread Jigar Shah

Thanks, Uwe

Yes, recommended, tmpfs/ramfs worked like a charm in our use-case with a
read-only index, giving us very high-throughput and consistent response
time on queries.

We had to have some redundancy to be built around that service to be
high-available, so we can do a rolling update on the read-only index
reducing the risk of downtime.



On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 1:51 PM Uwe Schindler  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> as writer of the original bog post, here my comments:
>
> Yes, MMapDirectory.setPreload() is the feature mentioned in my blog post is
> to load everything into memory - but that does not guarantee anything!
> Still, I would not recommend to use that function, because all it does is
> to
> just touch every page of the file, so the linux kernel puts it into OS
> cache
> - nothing more; IMHO very ineffective as it slows down openining index for
> a
> stupid for-each-page-touch-loop. It will do this with EVERY page, if it is
> later used or not! So this may take some time until it is done. Lateron,
> still Lucene needs to open index files, initialize its own data
> structures,...
>
> In general it is much better to open index, with MMAP directory and execute
> some "sample" queries. This will do exactly the same like the preload
> function, but it is more "selective". Parts of the index which are not used
> won't be touched, and on top, it will also load ALL the required index
> structures to heap.
>
> As always and as mentioned in my blog post: there's nothing that can ensure
> your index will stays in memory. Please trust the kernel to do the right
> thing. Why do you care at all?
>
> If you are curious and want to have everything in memory all the time:
> - use tmpfs as your filesystem (of course you will loose data when OS shuts
> down)
> - disable swap and/or disable swapiness
> - use only as much heap as needed, keep everything of free memory for your
> index outside heap.
>
> Fake feelings of "everything in RAM" are misconceptions like:
> - use RAMDirectory (deprecated): this may be a desaster as it described in
> the blog post
> - use ByteBuffersDirectory: a little bit better, but this brings nothing,
> as
> the operating system kernel may still page out your index pages. They still
> live in/off heap and are part of usual paging. They are just no longer
> backed by a file.
>
> Lucene does most of the stuff outside heap, live with it!
>
> Uwe
>
> -
> Uwe Schindler
> Achterdiek 19, D-28357 Bremen
> https://www.thetaphi.de
> eMail: u...@thetaphi.de
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: baris.ka...@oracle.com 
> > Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 10:18 PM
> > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
> > Cc: BARIS KAZAR 
> > Subject: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e.,
> ByteBuffersDirectory)
> >
> > Hi,-
> >
> > it would be nice to create a Lucene index in files and then effectively
> load it
> > into memory once (since i use in read-only mode). I am looking into if
> this is
> > doable in Lucene.
> >
> > i wish there were an option to load whole Lucene index into memory:
> >
> > Both of below urls have links to the blog url where i quoted a very nice
> section:
> >
> > https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDi
> > rectory.html
> > https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_2/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDi
> > rectory.html
> >
> > This following blog mentions about such option
> > to run in the memory: (see the underlined sentence below)
> >
> > https://blog.thetaphi.de/2012/07/use-lucenes-mmapdirectory-on-
> > 64bit.html?m=1
> >
> > MMapDirectory will not load the whole index into physical memory. Why
> > should it do this? We just ask the operating system to map the file into
> address
> > space for easy access, by no means we are requesting more. Java and the
> O/S
> > optionally provide the option to try loading the whole file into RAM (if
> enough
> > is available), but Lucene does not use that option (we may add this
> possibility
> > in a later version).
> >
> > My question is: is there such an option?
> > is the method setPreLoad for this purpose:
> > to load all Lucene lndex into memory?
> >
> > I would like to use MMapDirectory and set my
> > JVM heap to 16G or a bit less (since my index is
> > around this much).
> >
> > The Lucene 8.5.2 (8.5.0 as well) javadocs say:
> > public void setPreload(boolean preload)
> > Set to true to ask mapped pages to be loaded into physical memory on
> init.
> The
> > behavior is best-effort and operating system dependent.
> >
> > For example Lucene 4.0.0 does not have setPreLoad method.
> >
> > https://lucene.apache.org/core/4_0_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDi
> > rectory.html
> >
> > Happy Holidays
> > Best regards
> >
> >
> > Ps. i know there is also BytesBuffersDirectory class for in memory Lucene
> but
> > this requires creating Lucene Index on the fly.
> >
> > This is great for only such kind of Lucene indexes that can be created
> quickly on
> > the fly.
> >
> > Ekaterina has a nice article on this

RE: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e., ByteBuffersDirectory)

2020-12-14 Thread Uwe Schindler

Hi,

as writer of the original bog post, here my comments:

Yes, MMapDirectory.setPreload() is the feature mentioned in my blog post is
to load everything into memory - but that does not guarantee anything!
Still, I would not recommend to use that function, because all it does is to
just touch every page of the file, so the linux kernel puts it into OS cache
- nothing more; IMHO very ineffective as it slows down openining index for a
stupid for-each-page-touch-loop. It will do this with EVERY page, if it is
later used or not! So this may take some time until it is done. Lateron,
still Lucene needs to open index files, initialize its own data
structures,...

In general it is much better to open index, with MMAP directory and execute
some "sample" queries. This will do exactly the same like the preload
function, but it is more "selective". Parts of the index which are not used
won't be touched, and on top, it will also load ALL the required index
structures to heap.

As always and as mentioned in my blog post: there's nothing that can ensure
your index will stays in memory. Please trust the kernel to do the right
thing. Why do you care at all?

If you are curious and want to have everything in memory all the time:
- use tmpfs as your filesystem (of course you will loose data when OS shuts
down)
- disable swap and/or disable swapiness
- use only as much heap as needed, keep everything of free memory for your
index outside heap.

Fake feelings of "everything in RAM" are misconceptions like:
- use RAMDirectory (deprecated): this may be a desaster as it described in
the blog post
- use ByteBuffersDirectory: a little bit better, but this brings nothing, as
the operating system kernel may still page out your index pages. They still
live in/off heap and are part of usual paging. They are just no longer
backed by a file.

Lucene does most of the stuff outside heap, live with it!

Uwe

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Achterdiek 19, D-28357 Bremen
https://www.thetaphi.de
eMail: u...@thetaphi.de

> -Original Message-
> From: baris.ka...@oracle.com 
> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 10:18 PM
> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
> Cc: BARIS KAZAR 
> Subject: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e.,
ByteBuffersDirectory)
> 
> Hi,-
> 
> it would be nice to create a Lucene index in files and then effectively
load it
> into memory once (since i use in read-only mode). I am looking into if
this is
> doable in Lucene.
> 
> i wish there were an option to load whole Lucene index into memory:
> 
> Both of below urls have links to the blog url where i quoted a very nice
section:
> 
> https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDi
> rectory.html
> https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_2/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDi
> rectory.html
> 
> This following blog mentions about such option
> to run in the memory: (see the underlined sentence below)
> 
> https://blog.thetaphi.de/2012/07/use-lucenes-mmapdirectory-on-
> 64bit.html?m=1
> 
> MMapDirectory will not load the whole index into physical memory. Why
> should it do this? We just ask the operating system to map the file into
address
> space for easy access, by no means we are requesting more. Java and the
O/S
> optionally provide the option to try loading the whole file into RAM (if
enough
> is available), but Lucene does not use that option (we may add this
possibility
> in a later version).
> 
> My question is: is there such an option?
> is the method setPreLoad for this purpose:
> to load all Lucene lndex into memory?
> 
> I would like to use MMapDirectory and set my
> JVM heap to 16G or a bit less (since my index is
> around this much).
> 
> The Lucene 8.5.2 (8.5.0 as well) javadocs say:
> public void setPreload(boolean preload)
> Set to true to ask mapped pages to be loaded into physical memory on init.
The
> behavior is best-effort and operating system dependent.
> 
> For example Lucene 4.0.0 does not have setPreLoad method.
> 
> https://lucene.apache.org/core/4_0_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDi
> rectory.html
> 
> Happy Holidays
> Best regards
> 
> 
> Ps. i know there is also BytesBuffersDirectory class for in memory Lucene
but
> this requires creating Lucene Index on the fly.
> 
> This is great for only such kind of Lucene indexes that can be created
quickly on
> the fly.
> 
> Ekaterina has a nice article on this BytesBuffersDirectory class:
> 
> https://medium.com/@ekaterinamihailova/in-memory-search-and-
> autocomplete-with-lucene-8-5-f2df1bc71c36



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MMapDirectory usage during indexing and search

2020-12-14 Thread baris . kazar


Hi,-

 are there some examples on how to use MMapDirectory during indexing (i 
used the constructor to create it) and search?


what are the best practices?

should i repeat during search what i did during indexing for 
MMapDirectory i.e, use the constructor to create the MMapDirectory 
object by passing path?


or: should i use the open api of MMapDirectory (which is inherited from 
FSDirectory) during search?


Best regards


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Re: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e., ByteBuffersDirectory)

2020-12-14 Thread baris . kazar

Thanks Jigar, these are great notes, observations, experiments to know
about and they are very very valuable,

i also plan to write a blog on this topic to help Lucene advance.

Best regards

On 12/14/20 12:44 PM, Jigar Shah wrote:

I used one of the Linux feature (ramfs, basically mounting ram on a
partition) to guarantee that it's always in ram (No accidental paging ;)
cost too).

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jamescoyle.net/how-to/943-create-a-ram-disk-in-linux__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!L7o3DbosKYTNGBfhVwhvr1QLg-A2u4Xd8QWD5FKapojFuxlIEAQY7H3KlnA2YBj41g$

WARN: Only use if it's a read-only index and can fit in ram and have a
back-up copy of that index on persistent disk somewhere. You may use any
directory implementation in Lucene. e.g
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lucene.apache.org/core/7_3_1/core/org/apache/lucene/store/SimpleFSDirectory.html__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!L7o3DbosKYTNGBfhVwhvr1QLg-A2u4Xd8QWD5FKapojFuxlIEAQY7H3KlnCKbHPcgQ$

The search was amazingly quick as the full index was on ram mounted
directory.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 11:27 AM wrote:

Thanks Mike, appreciate the reply and the suggestions very much.

And Your article link to concurrent search is amazing.

Together with in memory and concurrent index (especially in read only mode)

these will speed up Lucene queries very much.

Happy Holidays

Best regards

On 12/14/20 10:12 AM, Michael McCandless wrote:

Hello,

Yes, that is exactly what MMapDirectory.setPreload is trying to do, but

not

promises (it is best effort). I think it asks the OS to touch all pages

the mapped region so they are cached in RAM, if you have enough RAM.

Make your JVM heap as low as possible to let the OS have more RAM to use

load your index.

Mike McCandless

https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://blog.mikemccandless.com__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJn-Lr5mA$

On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 4:18 PM wrote:

Hi,-

it would be nice to create a Lucene index in files and then effectively
load it into memory once (since i use in read-only mode). I am looking

into

if this is doable in Lucene.

i wish there were an option to load whole Lucene index into memory:

Both of below urls have links to the blog url where i quoted a very nice
section:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDirectory.html__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJaN3djDw$

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_2/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDirectory.html__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJhxlyzBw$

This following blog mentions about such option
to run in the memory: (see the underlined sentence below)

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://blog.thetaphi.de/2012/07/use-lucenes-mmapdirectory-on-64bit.html?m=1__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJ1O4pdIg$

MMapDirectory will not load the whole index into physical memory. Why
should it do this? We just ask the operating system to map the file into
address space for easy access, by no means we are requesting more. Java

and

the O/S optionally provide the option to try loading the whole file into
RAM (if enough is available), but Lucene does not use that option (we

may

add this possibility in a later version).

My question is: is there such an option?
is the method setPreLoad for this purpose:
to load all Lucene lndex into memory?

I would like to use MMapDirectory and set my
JVM heap to 16G or a bit less (since my index is
around this much).

The Lucene 8.5.2 (8.5.0 as well) javadocs say:
public void setPreload(boolean preload)
Set to true to ask mapped pages to be loaded into physical memory on

init.

The behavior is best-effort and operating system dependent.

For example Lucene 4.0.0 does not have setPreLoad method.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lucene.apache.org/core/4_0_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDirectory.html__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJ_Zf_dhQ$

Happy Holidays
Best regards

Ps. i know there is also BytesBuffersDirectory class for in memory

Lucene

but this requires creating Lucene Index on the fly.

This is great for only such kind of Lucene indexes that can be created
quickly on the fly.

Ekaterina has a nice article on this BytesBuffersDirectory class:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medium.com/@ekaterinamihailova/in-memory-search-and-autocomplete-with-lucene-8-5-f2df1bc71c36__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOIosJjRzQ$

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Re: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e., ByteBuffersDirectory)

2020-12-14 Thread Jigar Shah

I used one of the Linux feature (ramfs, basically mounting ram on a
partition) to guarantee that it's always in ram (No accidental paging ;)
cost too).

https://www.jamescoyle.net/how-to/943-create-a-ram-disk-in-linux

WARN: Only use if it's a read-only index and can fit in ram and have a
back-up copy of that index on persistent disk somewhere. You may use any
directory implementation in Lucene. e.g
https://lucene.apache.org/core/7_3_1/core/org/apache/lucene/store/SimpleFSDirectory.html

The search was amazingly quick as the full index was on ram mounted
directory.









On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 11:27 AM  wrote:

> Thanks Mike, appreciate the reply and the suggestions very much.
>
> And Your article link to concurrent search is amazing.
>
> Together with in memory and concurrent index (especially in read only mode)
>
> these will speed up Lucene queries very much.
>
> Happy Holidays
>
> Best regards
>
>
> On 12/14/20 10:12 AM, Michael McCandless wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Yes, that is exactly what MMapDirectory.setPreload is trying to do, but
> not
> > promises (it is best effort).  I think it asks the OS to touch all pages
> in
> > the mapped region so they are cached in RAM, if you have enough RAM.
> >
> > Make your JVM heap as low as possible to let the OS have more RAM to use
> to
> > load your index.
> >
> > Mike McCandless
> >
> >
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://blog.mikemccandless.com__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJn-Lr5mA$
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 4:18 PM  wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,-
> >>
> >> it would be nice to create a Lucene index in files and then effectively
> >> load it into memory once (since i use in read-only mode). I am looking
> into
> >> if this is doable in Lucene.
> >>
> >> i wish there were an option to load whole Lucene index into memory:
> >>
> >> Both of below urls have links to the blog url where i quoted a very nice
> >> section:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDirectory.html__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJaN3djDw$
> >>
> >>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_2/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDirectory.html__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJhxlyzBw$
> >>
> >> This following blog mentions about such option
> >> to run in the memory: (see the underlined sentence below)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://blog.thetaphi.de/2012/07/use-lucenes-mmapdirectory-on-64bit.html?m=1__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJ1O4pdIg$
> >>
> >> MMapDirectory will not load the whole index into physical memory. Why
> >> should it do this? We just ask the operating system to map the file into
> >> address space for easy access, by no means we are requesting more. Java
> and
> >> the O/S optionally provide the option to try loading the whole file into
> >> RAM (if enough is available), but Lucene does not use that option (we
> may
> >> add this possibility in a later version).
> >>
> >> My question is: is there such an option?
> >> is the method setPreLoad for this purpose:
> >> to load all Lucene lndex into memory?
> >>
> >> I would like to use MMapDirectory and set my
> >> JVM heap to 16G or a bit less (since my index is
> >> around this much).
> >>
> >> The Lucene 8.5.2 (8.5.0 as well) javadocs say:
> >> public void setPreload(boolean preload)
> >> Set to true to ask mapped pages to be loaded into physical memory on
> init.
> >> The behavior is best-effort and operating system dependent.
> >>
> >> For example Lucene 4.0.0 does not have setPreLoad method.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lucene.apache.org/core/4_0_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDirectory.html__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJ_Zf_dhQ$
> >>
> >> Happy Holidays
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >>
> >> Ps. i know there is also BytesBuffersDirectory class for in memory
> Lucene
> >> but this requires creating Lucene Index on the fly.
> >>
> >> This is great for only such kind of Lucene indexes that can be created
> >> quickly on the fly.
> >>
> >> Ekaterina has a nice article on this BytesBuffersDirectory class:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medium.com/@ekaterinamihailova/in-memory-search-and-autocomplete-with-lucene-8-5-f2df1bc71c36__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOIosJjRzQ$
> >>
> >>
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Re: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e., ByteBuffersDirectory)

2020-12-14 Thread baris . kazar


Thanks Mike, appreciate the reply and the suggestions very much.

And Your article link to concurrent search is amazing.

Together with in memory and concurrent index (especially in read only mode)

these will speed up Lucene queries very much.

Happy Holidays

Best regards


On 12/14/20 10:12 AM, Michael McCandless wrote:

Hello,

Yes, that is exactly what MMapDirectory.setPreload is trying to do, but not
promises (it is best effort).  I think it asks the OS to touch all pages in
the mapped region so they are cached in RAM, if you have enough RAM.

Make your JVM heap as low as possible to let the OS have more RAM to use to
load your index.

Mike McCandless

https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://blog.mikemccandless.com__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJn-Lr5mA$


On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 4:18 PM  wrote:


Hi,-

it would be nice to create a Lucene index in files and then effectively
load it into memory once (since i use in read-only mode). I am looking into
if this is doable in Lucene.

i wish there were an option to load whole Lucene index into memory:

Both of below urls have links to the blog url where i quoted a very nice
section:


https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDirectory.html__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJaN3djDw$

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_2/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDirectory.html__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJhxlyzBw$

This following blog mentions about such option
to run in the memory: (see the underlined sentence below)


https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://blog.thetaphi.de/2012/07/use-lucenes-mmapdirectory-on-64bit.html?m=1__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJ1O4pdIg$

MMapDirectory will not load the whole index into physical memory. Why
should it do this? We just ask the operating system to map the file into
address space for easy access, by no means we are requesting more. Java and
the O/S optionally provide the option to try loading the whole file into
RAM (if enough is available), but Lucene does not use that option (we may
add this possibility in a later version).

My question is: is there such an option?
is the method setPreLoad for this purpose:
to load all Lucene lndex into memory?

I would like to use MMapDirectory and set my
JVM heap to 16G or a bit less (since my index is
around this much).

The Lucene 8.5.2 (8.5.0 as well) javadocs say:
public void setPreload(boolean preload)
Set to true to ask mapped pages to be loaded into physical memory on init.
The behavior is best-effort and operating system dependent.

For example Lucene 4.0.0 does not have setPreLoad method.


https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lucene.apache.org/core/4_0_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDirectory.html__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOJ_Zf_dhQ$

Happy Holidays
Best regards


Ps. i know there is also BytesBuffersDirectory class for in memory Lucene
but this requires creating Lucene Index on the fly.

This is great for only such kind of Lucene indexes that can be created
quickly on the fly.

Ekaterina has a nice article on this BytesBuffersDirectory class:


https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medium.com/@ekaterinamihailova/in-memory-search-and-autocomplete-with-lucene-8-5-f2df1bc71c36__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LEQH8Tyb_BBN_Kc3fEH2w-yhpvS-VwMrpuB0gctqchp3j7L7V6x9piciHOIosJjRzQ$




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Re: MMapDirectory vs In Memory Lucene Index (i.e., ByteBuffersDirectory)

2020-12-14 Thread Michael McCandless

Hello,

Yes, that is exactly what MMapDirectory.setPreload is trying to do, but not
promises (it is best effort).  I think it asks the OS to touch all pages in
the mapped region so they are cached in RAM, if you have enough RAM.

Make your JVM heap as low as possible to let the OS have more RAM to use to
load your index.

Mike McCandless

http://blog.mikemccandless.com


On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 4:18 PM  wrote:

> Hi,-
>
> it would be nice to create a Lucene index in files and then effectively
> load it into memory once (since i use in read-only mode). I am looking into
> if this is doable in Lucene.
>
> i wish there were an option to load whole Lucene index into memory:
>
> Both of below urls have links to the blog url where i quoted a very nice
> section:
>
>
> https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDirectory.html
>
> https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_5_2/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDirectory.html
>
> This following blog mentions about such option
> to run in the memory: (see the underlined sentence below)
>
>
> https://blog.thetaphi.de/2012/07/use-lucenes-mmapdirectory-on-64bit.html?m=1
>
> MMapDirectory will not load the whole index into physical memory. Why
> should it do this? We just ask the operating system to map the file into
> address space for easy access, by no means we are requesting more. Java and
> the O/S optionally provide the option to try loading the whole file into
> RAM (if enough is available), but Lucene does not use that option (we may
> add this possibility in a later version).
>
> My question is: is there such an option?
> is the method setPreLoad for this purpose:
> to load all Lucene lndex into memory?
>
> I would like to use MMapDirectory and set my
> JVM heap to 16G or a bit less (since my index is
> around this much).
>
> The Lucene 8.5.2 (8.5.0 as well) javadocs say:
> public void setPreload(boolean preload)
> Set to true to ask mapped pages to be loaded into physical memory on init.
> The behavior is best-effort and operating system dependent.
>
> For example Lucene 4.0.0 does not have setPreLoad method.
>
>
> https://lucene.apache.org/core/4_0_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/MMapDirectory.html
>
> Happy Holidays
> Best regards
>
>
> Ps. i know there is also BytesBuffersDirectory class for in memory Lucene
> but this requires creating Lucene Index on the fly.
>
> This is great for only such kind of Lucene indexes that can be created
> quickly on the fly.
>
> Ekaterina has a nice article on this BytesBuffersDirectory class:
>
>
> https://medium.com/@ekaterinamihailova/in-memory-search-and-autocomplete-with-lucene-8-5-f2df1bc71c36
>
>

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