To optimize and maintain site performance, review and update the indexer configuration using the performance best practices described in this article.
Affected products and versions
All supported versions of:
Set indexers to update on a schedule
Adobe Commerce has two types of indexer modes: Update on Save and Update on Schedule.
Having a large store with multiple Admins working in the backend or having many imports and exports triggers frequent index updates. If your site index configuration is set to Update on Save mode, frequent reindexing degrades database performance which slows site performance and causes long delays in the reindexing process, especially for large stores.
To maximize site performance, follow these best practices for indexing: