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@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ The merge scheduler supports the following _dynamic_ setting:
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`index.merge.scheduler.max_thread_count`::
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- The maximum number of threads that may be merging at once. Defaults to
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+ The maximum number of threads on a single shard that may be merging at once.
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+ Defaults to
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`Math.max(1, Math.min(4, Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2))`
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which works well for a good solid-state-disk (SSD). If your index is on
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spinning platter drives instead, decrease this to 1.
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