Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-java-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 85191 invoked from network); 18 Oct 2007 16:58:45 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 18 Oct 2007 16:58:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 42715 invoked by uid 500); 18 Oct 2007 16:58:30 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-java-dev-archive@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 42657 invoked by uid 500); 18 Oct 2007 16:58:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact java-dev-help@lucene.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: java-dev@lucene.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list java-dev@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 42646 invoked by uid 99); 18 Oct 2007 16:58:30 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:58:30 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [204.127.225.91] (HELO alnrmhc11.comcast.net) (204.127.225.91) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:58:33 +0000 Received: from [192.168.168.15] (c-76-103-181-218.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[76.103.181.218]) by comcast.net (alnrmhc11) with ESMTP id <20071018165735b110048u33e>; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:57:35 +0000 Message-ID: <4717907E.7010100@apache.org> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:57:34 -0700 From: Doug Cutting User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (X11/20070824) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: java-dev@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: lucene indexing and merge process References: <8837fb770710171443t6b97aa92l45ac4ae14c1d9bf1@mail.gmail.com> <4BD58942-5B6B-4DFB-9E35-2477FB75B0B2@ehatchersolutions.com> <47178980.5020607@apache.org> <47178AF9.3000800@gmail.com> <20D83BA9-DBAB-40FB-86CE-525B1B0B6E9A@ix.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: <20D83BA9-DBAB-40FB-86CE-525B1B0B6E9A@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org robert engels wrote: > seek (segment doc no * keylength), read (byte[keylength]) > > This would be very efficient when using external document storage. A seek per document in hits is to be avoided. This is similar to the way field data is stored, which is, as mentioned in the first message "very slow if recall set is large". See the "Stored Fields" section of: http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/fileformats.html#Fields Doug --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscribe@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-help@lucene.apache.org