Re: Index HotSwap

2007-08-24 Thread Jérôme Etévé
On 8/21/07, Chris Hostetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > : I'm wondering what's the best way to completely change a big index > : without loosing any requests. > > use the snapinstaller script -- or adopt the same atomic copying approach > it uses. I'm having a look :) > : - Between the two

Re: Index HotSwap

2007-08-21 Thread Chris Hostetter
: I'm wondering what's the best way to completely change a big index : without loosing any requests. use the snapinstaller script -- or adopt the same atomic copying approach it uses. : - Between the two mv's, the directory dir does not exists, which can : cause some solr failure. this shoul

RE: Index HotSwap

2007-08-21 Thread Gunther, Andrew
I guess the first question is why you have to swap in a big index, instead of rsyc'ng or another method. I've entertained the idea of putting a load balancer in front of two solr instances. In this scenario take one off-line swap in the index, bring it back on and then bring down the other. N