Use FileChannel in FSDirectory [LUCENE-2871]
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Description
Explore using FileChannel in FSDirectory to see if it improves write operations performance
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Migrated from [LUCENE-2871](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-2871) by Shay Banon (@kimchy), updated Jan 20 2011
Attachments: [LUCENE-2871.patch](https://apache.github.io/lucene-jira-archive/attachments/LUCENE-2871/LUCENE-2871.patch) (versions: 2)
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reading FSDirectory and the attached LUCENE-2871.patch to understand the proposed FileChannel change and the write operations it targets. Run the relevant performance measurements, if available, and compare the results with the current implementation; done means establishing whether the change improves write performance and documenting or implementing a justified outcome.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100