TranslogΒΆ

Each shard has a transaction log or write ahead log associated with it. It allows to guarantee that when an index/delete operation occurs, it is applied atomically, while not “committing” the internal lucene index for each request. A flush (“commit”) still happens based on several parameters:

Setting Description
index.translog.flush_threshold_ops After how many operations to flush. Defaults to 5000.
index.translog.flush_threshold_size Once the translog hits this size, a flush will happen. Defaults to 500mb.
index.translog.flush_threshold_period The period with no flush happening to force a flush. Defaults to 60m.