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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 |