Re: [custom data structure] aligned dynamic fields

2013-05-22 Thread Jack Krupansky
to solve. That short-circuited our focus on really solving your problem. -- Jack Krupansky -Original Message- From: Dmitry Kan Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 6:50 AM To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: [custom data structure] aligned dynamic fields Jack, Thanks for your resp

Re: [custom data structure] aligned dynamic fields

2013-05-22 Thread Dmitry Kan
Jack, Thanks for your response. 1. Flattening could be an option, although our scale and required functionality (runtime non DocValues backed facets) is beyond what solr3 can handle (billions of docs). We have flattened the meta data at the expense of "over"-generating solr documents. But to solv

Re: [custom data structure] aligned dynamic fields

2013-05-20 Thread Jack Krupansky
Before you dive off the deep end and "go crazy" with dynamic fields, try a clean, simple, Solr-oriented static design. Yes, you CAN do an over-complicated design with dynamic fields, but that doesn't mean you should. In a single phrase, denormalize and flatten your design. Sure, that will lea