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@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ The following _expert_ setting can be set to manage global search limits.
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This setting limits the number of clauses a Lucene BooleanQuery can have. The
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default of 1024 is quite high and should normally be sufficient. This limit does
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not only affect Elasticsearchs `bool` query, but many other queries are rewritten to Lucene's
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-BooleanQuery internally. The limit is in place to prevent searches from becoming to large
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-and taking up too much CPU and memory. In case you consider to increase this setting,
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-make sure you exhausted all other options to avoid having to do this. Higher values can lead
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+BooleanQuery internally. The limit is in place to prevent searches from becoming too large
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+and taking up too much CPU and memory. In case you're considering increasing this setting,
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+make sure you've exhausted all other options to avoid having to do this. Higher values can lead
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to performance degradations and memory issues, especially in clusters with a high load or
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few resources.
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Sam Mingo