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describe how to apply best_compression (#25706)
* describe how to apply best_compression * update description
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compression, but this can be set to +best_compression+
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which uses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEFLATE[DEFLATE] for a higher
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compression ratio, at the expense of slower stored fields performance.
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If you are updating the compression type, the new one will be applied
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after segments are merged. Segment merging can be forced using
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<<indices-forcemerge,force merge>>.
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[[routing-partition-size]] `index.routing_partition_size`::
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