System and method of managing capacity of search index partitions

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by a processor, wherein the instructions when translated by the processor cause a search engine to perform:

• when a capacity utilization of a partition in a search index is under a first threshold:
• allowing any object to be added to the partition;
• and
• allowing any existing object in the partition to be updated or deleted;
• when the capacity utilization of the partition is above the first threshold:
• disallowing any object to be added to the partition;
• and
• allowing any existing object in the partition to be updated or deleted;
• and
• when the capacity utilization of the partition is above a second threshold:
• disallowing any object to be added to the partition;
• allowing any existing object in the partition to be deleted;
• and
• moving any existing object in the partition that is subject to an update to another partition in the search index along with an indexing request, the search index being connected to the search engine, the search engine being communicatively connected to a client device over a physical connection.

A method for managing partitions in a computerized search system, the method comprising:

• when a capacity utilization of a partition in a search index is under a first threshold:
• allowing any object to be added to the partition;
• and
• allowing any existing object in the partition to be updated or deleted;
• when the capacity utilization of the partition is above the first threshold:
• disallowing any object to be added to the partition;
• and
• allowing any existing object in the partition to be updated or deleted;
• and
• when the capacity utilization of the partition is above a second threshold:
• disallowing any object to be added to the partition;
• allowing any existing object in the partition to be deleted;
• and
• moving any existing object in the partition that is subject to an update to another partition in the search index along with an indexing request, the search index being connected to a search engine, the search engine being communicatively connected to a client device over a physical connection.