I see in the logs that shards will become inactive "index-wise", and I was wondering if anybody could explain in a little detail what that means? In particular: Is the shard is still available for searching? I'm assuming that's what the log message implies. How long does it take for a shard to …

Matt1 (Matt) December 1, 2011, 5:35am 3

Got it. I think that mostly answers my question. Will keep browsing the
code. Cheers!

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Clarify difference between opening/closing an index and a shard becoming active/inactive?

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