Notes.ini Entry


Name:
    FTG_Index_Limit

Syntax
    FTG_Index_Limit=Value

Applies to:
    Servers

Add-on:

    First Release:

      Obsolete since:

        Category:
          Full Text Index

        Default:
          None

        UI equivalent:
          None

        Description:
        Domino's default maximum size for a full-text index is 6 MB (1 MB for the Mac). You can increase this maximum size using the NOTES.INI setting FTG_Index_Limit=n, where n is the maximum size for a full-text index (in bytes). For example, to increase the maximum size for a full-text index to 12 MB, add the line FTG_Index_Limit=12582912 to the NOTES.INI file and restart the server. (12 MB is calculated as 12*1024*1024 = 12582912.)

        If you have a database with large attachments that you want to full-text index, you can increase the default index size.

        8MG is calculated as 8*1024 *1024=8388608; thus FTG_INDEX_LIMIT=8388608

        12MB is calculated as 12*1024*1024 = 12582912; thus FTG_INDEX_LIMIT=12582912

        NOTE: On the AS/400 platform only, there is a software limitation that prevents the indexing of documents larger than approximately 8MB on Domino R5. If you raise FTG_INDEX_LIMIT above this value, a hard failure will result, causing the entire database index to be aborted. The maximum value that avoids this error is set as follows in the NOTES.INI:

        FTG_INDEX_LIMIT=8323000

        Setting the limit at or below this value will prevent the hard error. If a document is larger than this limit, you will receive a "Exceeded Max Configured Index Size ..." message, but the entire index will not be aborted; only individual documents that are too large will be excluded.

        In many cases, it is large file attachments that cause a document to be too large, not the text body of the document itself. If this is the case, you could turn off the "Index attachments" option to exclude attachments from the index.

        Note that there is no limit to the document size value for the notes.ini parameter FTG_INDEX_LIMIT= in any versions of Notes. However, the default document size limit is 6MB without this parameter. You can change this limit by setting the NOTES.INI variable FTG_INDEX_LIMIT=<number of bytes> to the desired limit. Performance will be affected the higher this parameter is set as it will take the indexer longer to process, and it will use up more memory/processing time. The value that is set has a direct relationship to the amount of memory that will be utilized.