diff --git a/contrib/examples/adsabs/bin/solr.in.sh b/contrib/examples/adsabs/bin/solr.in.sh
index a41970681..37e9700e1 100644
--- a/contrib/examples/adsabs/bin/solr.in.sh
+++ b/contrib/examples/adsabs/bin/solr.in.sh
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ SOLR_OPTS="${SOLR_OPTS} -Xss256k \
 -Dmontysolr.enable.write=${MONTYSOLR_ENABLE_WRITE:-false} \
 -Dmontysolr.warmSearcher=${MONTYSOLR_WARM_SEARCHER:-false} \
 -Dmontysolr.load.citation_cache=${MONTYSOLR_LOAD_CITATION_CACHE:-true} \
--Dmontysolr.maxDocs=${MONTYSOLR_MAX_DOCS:-40000} \
--Dmontysolr.maxTime=${MONTYSOLR_MAX_TIME:-1800000} \
+-Dmontysolr.autoCommit.maxDocs=${MONTYSOLR_MAX_DOCS:-40000} \
+-Dmontysolr.autoCommit.maxTime=${MONTYSOLR_MAX_TIME:-1800000} \
+-Dmontysolr.autoSoftCommit.maxTime=${MONTYSOLR_SOFT_MAX_TIME:-900000} \
 -Dmontysolr.coordinate=${MONTYSOLR_COORDINATE:-true} \
 -Dmontysolr.stagger.maxDelay=${MONTYSOLR_STAGGER_MAX_DELAY:-2700} \
 -Dmontysolr.stagger.numInstances=${MONTYSOLR_STAGGER_NUM_INSTANCES:-3} \
@@ -96,6 +97,9 @@ SOLR_OPTS="${SOLR_OPTS} -Xss256k \
 -Dsolr.citationCache.autowarmCount=${SOLR_CITATION_CACHE_AUTOWARM_COUNT:-${SOLR_CACHE_AUTOWARM_COUNT:-128}} \
 -Dsolr.ramBufferSize=${SOLR_RAM_BUFFER_SIZE:-1000} \
 -Dsolr.maxBufferedDocs=${SOLR_MAX_BUFFERED_DOCS:-50000} \
+-Dsolr.mergePolicy.maxMergeAtOnce=${SOLR_MERGE_POLICY_MAX_MERGE_AT_ONCE:-10} \
+-Dsolr.mergePolicy.segmentsPerTier=${SOLR_MERGE_POLICY_SEGMENTS_PER_TIER:-10} \
+-Dsolr.useCompoundFile=${SOLR_USE_COMPOUND_FILE:-false} \
 -Dmontysolr.logdir=${SOLR_LOGS_DIR} \
 -DhostContext=${SOLR_HOST_CONTEXT:-solr} \
 ${MONTYSOLR_EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS}
diff --git a/contrib/examples/adsabs/server/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml b/contrib/examples/adsabs/server/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 105ac0ee6..0fb94f843 100644
--- a/contrib/examples/adsabs/server/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/contrib/examples/adsabs/server/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -34,13 +34,15 @@
    
   <indexConfig>
     
-    <maxIndexingThreads>${solr.maxIndexingThreads:8}</maxIndexingThreads>
-    
     <useCompoundFile>${solr.useCompoundFile:false}</useCompoundFile>
 
     <ramBufferSizeMB>${solr.ramBufferSize:1000}</ramBufferSizeMB>
     <maxBufferedDocs>${solr.maxBufferedDocs:50000}</maxBufferedDocs>
 
+    <mergePolicyFactory class="solr.TieredMergePolicyFactory">
+        <int name="maxMergeAtOnce">${solr.mergePolicy.maxMergeAtOnce:10}</int>
+        <int name="segmentsPerTier">${solr.mergePolicy.segmentsPerTier:10}</int>
+    </mergePolicyFactory>
     
     <!-- When we run several instances sharing the same index, we must
          make sure that only one writer is modifying it; and other 
@@ -87,9 +89,14 @@
     </updateLog>
     
      <autoCommit> 
-       <maxDocs>${montysolr.maxDocs:40000}</maxDocs>
-       <maxTime>${montysolr.maxTime:1800000}</maxTime> 
+       <maxDocs>${montysolr.autoCommit.maxDocs:40000}</maxDocs>
+       <maxTime>${montysolr.autoCommit.maxTime:1800000}</maxTime> 
      </autoCommit>
+	  
+     <!-- disabled by default -->
+     <autoSoftCommit> 
+       <maxTime>${montysolr.autoSoftCommit.maxTime:-1}</maxTime> 
+     </autoSoftCommit>
 
 
     <!-- trigger core reload of the read-only instance of the same datadir