We have ES(1.7.3) cluster with 18 nodes. We have the following settings for each node: ES_HEAP_SIZE=90G indices.fielddata.cache.size=75% When we looked at the monitoring metrics(Elastic HQ), We have "Field Size": ~25GB while the "Filter Cache Size":~5GB. Should the "Filter Cache Size" be 90Gx75%=…

ElasticSearch Filter Cache Size is too low and a lot field Eviction

warkolm (Mark Walkom) February 24, 2017, 9:41am 2

That's way beyond what we recommend as best practises. Why is it so big?

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