Apache Solr 6 creates large suggester_input/sort files

[miroslav]

Hello, 

I am importing a large number of files into Alfresco and Solr is trying to create indexes. In the process, a large suggester_input and suggester_sort file are created in the temp Solr folder (50GB for the last two days).

Is this normal behavior and if I turn off the suggester, does it have a significant effect on performance?

I am using alfrescco search services 2.0.1 with default setting.

Thank you!

[cristinamr · Accepted solution]

Hi!

The size of the indixes depends on the amount of documents, nodes and relating metadata. If your content is mainly text-based (Office, PDF, HTML...), your indices can be a substantial (and important) part of the storage, compared to the size of the contentstore.

Relating to the WFSIterator* files in /tomcat/temp, it is usual to deactivate SOLR suggester in <solrRootDir>/workspace-SpacesStore/conf/solrcore.properties (solr.suggester.enabled=false) to avoid these huge files in tomcat/temp. Then, you can clean tomcat/temp and restart Alfresco.

In case you disable the suggester:  if you launch a query on the UI Solr won't suggest you any similar term. E.g.: if you write "Alfresdo", it won't suggest you "Alfresco".

Cheers,

Cris.

[miroslav]

Thank you!

[cristinamr]

You are welcome 🙂