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author | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2019-06-16 01:04:28 +0000 |
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committer | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2019-06-16 01:04:28 +0000 |
commit | c477bdd8a80eecc319b680764edfb24bd12cb7b2 (patch) | |
tree | fb36e978b8dbe1f2228527891d47ef9d69b10591 /Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod | |
parent | 044b1d03c76246316d52de4bfd578745a8192398 (diff) | |
parent | 27658d2c8b8e51fa64f523c873587273f4f16c46 (diff) | |
download | public-inbox-c477bdd8a80eecc319b680764edfb24bd12cb7b2.tar.gz |
* origin/newspeak: comments: replace "partition" with "shard" t/xcpdb-reshard: use 'shard' term in local variables xapcmd: favor 'shard' over 'part' in local variables search: use "shard" for local variable v2writable: use "epoch" consistently when referring to git repos adminedit: "part" => "shard" for local variables v2writable: rename local vars to match Xapian terminology v2writable: avoid "part" in internal subs and fields search*: rename {partition} => {shard} xapcmd: update comments referencing "partitions" v2: rename SearchIdxPart => SearchIdxShard inboxwritable: s/partitions/shards/ in local var tests: change messages to use "shard" instead of partition v2writable: rename {partitions} field to {shards} v2writable: count_partitions => count_shards searchidxpart: start using "shard" in user-visible places rename reference to git epochs as "partitions" admin|xapcmd: user-facing messages say "shard" v2writable: update comments regarding xcpdb --reshard doc: rename our Xapian "partitions" to "shards"
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diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod index fd8770a4..a13c4efa 100644 --- a/Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod +++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ L<public-inbox-watch(1)> or L<public-inbox-mda(1)>. =item --compact In addition to performing the copy operation, run L<xapian-compact(1)> -on each Xapian partition after copying but before finalizing it. +on each Xapian shard after copying but before finalizing it. Compared to the cost of copying a Xapian database, compacting a Xapian database takes only around 5% of the time required to copy. @@ -32,14 +32,13 @@ the compaction to take hours at-a-time. =item --reshard=N / -R N -Repartition the Xapian database on a L<v2|public-inbox-v2-format(5)> -inbox to C<N> partitions. Since L<xapian-compact(1)> is not suitable -for merging, users can rely on this switch to repartition the +Reshard the Xapian database on a L<v2|public-inbox-v2-format(5)> +inbox to C<N> shards . Since L<xapian-compact(1)> is not suitable +for merging, users can rely on this switch to reshard the existing Xapian database(s) to any positive value of C<N>. This is useful in case the Xapian DB was created with too few or -too many partitions given the capabilities of the current -hardware. +too many shards given the capabilities of the current hardware. =item --blocksize / --no-full / --fuller |