How to make a field mandatory in the schema?

Is it possible to make a field for a document mandatory in the solr schema or I must validate my xml against my document xml schema before I post it to SOLR for update? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-make-a-field-mandatory-in-the-schema--tp18828259p18828259.html Se

Do I need Searcher on indexing machine

Hi, I want (if possible) to dedicate one machine only for indexing and to be optimized only for that. In solrconfig.xml, I have: - commented all cache statements - set to use cold searchers. - set 1 In the log files I see this all the time: INFO: Registered new searcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] main