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Avoiding indexation by Lucene every time Java application is starting

ISSUE: My issue is that indexation done by Lucene in my Java app is taking 50 minutes every time I am restarting the application.

WHAT I HAVE TRIED: Indices were saved in RAM so I have changed properties to "hibernate.directory.provider=filesystem". As a result the indices are saved in the HDD location, but unfortunately indexation is still being performed when application is restarting.

QUESTION: Does anyone know how to avoid overwriting indices by Lucene when restarting the app? My hibernate.search version is 4.4.3.

Solution

  • Hibernate Search doesn't perform mass indexing on startup. If your application does, it's probably because of code you added to your application.

    You should just tune that code to only perform mass indexing when you want.

    Usually what I do is add a button to the administration console of my application, to perform mass indexing when I want. And I don't do it on startup.