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Re: Help us test FoxTrot Search 7's performance increases [message #960 is a reply to message #959] Tue, 17 December 2019 17:35 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
jonathanalix via foxt
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Hi

I will keep the indices on the startup (Fusion) drive for now because I
need to be able to search them when the SSD is not plugged in.

I have pared down the folders and now have more indices but smaller ones.

Thanks


On Thursday, 12 December 2019 17:28:27 UTC, foxtrot-search wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> The very first thing I would suggest is that you store your indices not on
> a fusion drive but on an SSD. That should make a difference.
>
> And yes, remaining under 10GB per index, while not an exact value, will
> indeed produce better performance than 21GB.
>
> Regards,
>
> jean michel/ctm qa
>
> On 12 Dec 2019, at 17:38, 'Ajk Sanders' via foxtrot-search foxtrot...@googlegroups.com > wrote:
>
> ?
> FWIW I have 12 folders on an external SSD catalogued. They total 1.9TB for
> 225,600 items.
> The indexes are stored on the internal HD, which is a fusion drive (in the
> Library folder).
> The indexes are 50GB in size, the biggest is 21GB and has indexed 111,500
> items.
> (I haven't yet tried rebuilding that one with the new beta).
>
> Are you suggesting I would get better/faster results if all indexes were
> under 10GB?
>
>
>
>
>
 
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