VariableMAX_HOURS_SEGMENT_OPEN
Description The maximum number of hours a merge target will remain open for writing before being closed.
Default24 hours
Maximum24,000 hours

The maximum number of hours a merge target will remain open for writing before being closed. A larger timespan reduces the amount of metadata in global for events, but may also lead to more replaying from Kafka in the event of node crashes.

See BLOCKS_PER_SEGMENT for an example of this variable and more information.