From d7cb6e18f8a18d57cd074c8d3270cf3dd7aa74ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Iraklis Psaroudakis Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:56:49 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Correct force merge disk space requirements (#111066) (#111086) Correct force merge disk space requirements --- docs/reference/indices/forcemerge.asciidoc | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/indices/forcemerge.asciidoc b/docs/reference/indices/forcemerge.asciidoc index 985c9224ead5d..e928615b9d659 100644 --- a/docs/reference/indices/forcemerge.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/indices/forcemerge.asciidoc @@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ one at a time. If you expand the `force_merge` threadpool on a node then it will force merge its shards in parallel. Force merge makes the storage for the shard being merged temporarily -increase, up to double its size in case `max_num_segments` parameter is set to -`1`, as all segments need to be rewritten into a new one. +increase, as it may require free space up to triple its size in case +`max_num_segments` parameter is set to `1`, to rewrite all segments into a new +one. [[forcemerge-api-path-params]] ==== {api-path-parms-title}