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The store module allows you to control how index data is stored and accessed on disk.
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+NOTE: This is a low-level setting. Some store implementations have poor
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+concurrency or disable optimizations for heap memory usage. We recommend
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+sticking to the defaults.
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+
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[float]
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[[file-system]]
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=== File system storage types
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@@ -11,12 +15,12 @@ There are different file system implementations or _storage types_. By default,
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Elasticsearch will pick the best implementation based on the operating
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environment.
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-This can be overridden for all indices by adding this to the
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-`config/elasticsearch.yml` file:
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+The storage type can also be explicitly set for all indices by configuring the
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+store type in the `config/elasticsearch.yml` file:
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[source,yaml]
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---------------------------------
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-index.store.type: niofs
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+index.store.type: hybridfs
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---------------------------------
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It is a _static_ setting that can be set on a per-index basis at index
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@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ creation time:
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PUT /my_index
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{
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"settings": {
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- "index.store.type": "niofs"
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+ "index.store.type": "hybridfs"
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}
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}
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---------------------------------
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@@ -47,15 +51,15 @@ supported systems but is subject to change.
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The Simple FS type is a straightforward implementation of file system
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storage (maps to Lucene `SimpleFsDirectory`) using a random access file.
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This implementation has poor concurrent performance (multiple threads
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-will bottleneck). It is usually better to use the `niofs` when you need
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-index persistence.
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+will bottleneck) and disables some optimizations for heap memory usage.
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[[niofs]]`niofs`::
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The NIO FS type stores the shard index on the file system (maps to
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Lucene `NIOFSDirectory`) using NIO. It allows multiple threads to read
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from the same file concurrently. It is not recommended on Windows
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-because of a bug in the SUN Java implementation.
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+because of a bug in the SUN Java implementation and disables some
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+optimizations for heap memory usage.
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[[mmapfs]]`mmapfs`::
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