primary

primary

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A primary copy of a bucket in an indexer cluster is the copy that participates in searches. A primary copy is also a searchable copy.

Each bucket in a valid single-site cluster has exactly one primary copy. In a multisite cluster, each site with search affinity has a complete set of primary bucket copies.

Related terms

• primacy
• valid

For more information

In Managing Indexers and Clusters of Indexers:

• Buckets and indexer clusters
• Implement search affinity in a multisite indexer cluster