[DOCS] Force Merge: clarify execution and storage requirements (#33882)

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Frederik Bosch 2018-10-23 12:25:04 +02:00 committed by Luca Cavanna
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=== Multi Index
The force merge API can be applied to more than one index with a single call, or
even on `_all` the indices.
even on `_all` the indices. Multi index operations are executed one shard at a
time per node. Force merge makes the storage for the shard being merged
temporarily increase, up to double its size in case `max_num_segments` is set
to `1`, as all segments need to be rewritten into a new one.
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