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Add remark about high SEARCH parallelism (#372)
* WIP: Add remark about high SEARCH parallelism * Rephrase
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[`--arangosearch.execution-threads-limit` startup option](../../components/arangodb-server/options.md#--arangosearchexecution-threads-limit)
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that defaults to twice the number of CPU cores.
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{{< info >}}
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Using too high parallelization can overload your hardware. It is recommended to
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leave the default parallelism at `1` and set the `parallelism` option for queries
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that highly benefit from the parallelization only. Use a moderate value in
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accordance with the number of available CPU cores.
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{{< /info >}}
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The `parallelism` option should be considered a hint. Not all search queries are
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eligible. Queries also don't wait for the specified number of threads to be
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available. They start immediately even if only single-threaded and may acquire

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