# Do we get new segment file everytime when refreshing?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-get-new-segment-file-everytime-when-refreshing/58850>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 24, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-get-new-segment-file-everytime-when-refreshing/58850 "2016-08-24T16:44:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![itplayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d26b3c/32.png) [@itplayer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/itplayer)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-get-new-segment-file-everytime-when-refreshing/58850/1 "2016-08-24T16:44:22Z")

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If the index refresh interval is 30s. Do I get new segment file every 30s even index buffer is not full?

Or refreshing is only force search reopen?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 9:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-get-new-segment-file-everytime-when-refreshing/58850/2 "2016-08-26T09:59:58Z")

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This should help clarify things - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/2.x/near-real-time.html#near-real-time](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/2.x/near-real-time.html#near-real-time)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-get-new-segment-file-everytime-when-refreshing/58850/3 "2017-07-05T22:24:58Z")

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