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diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-init.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-init.pod index 4744da96..495a258f 100644 --- a/Documentation/public-inbox-init.pod +++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-init.pod @@ -48,6 +48,20 @@ added-after-the-fact (without affecting "git clone" followers). Default: unset, no epochs are skipped +=item -j, --jobs=JOBS + +Control the number of Xapian index shards in a +C<-V2> (L<public-inbox-v2-format(5)>) inbox. + +It is useful to use a single shard (C<-j1>) for inboxes on +high-latency storage (e.g. rotational HDD) unless the system has +enough RAM to cache 5-10x the size of the git repository. + +It is generally not useful to specify higher values than the +default due to contention in the top-level producer process. + +Default: the number of online CPUs, up to 4 + =back =head1 ENVIRONMENT |