Otis,
The fact is that some code instantiates FSDirectory indirectly by using
deprecated constructors.
I provided a patch here https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-465 but I
don't have rights to re-open the issue.
Also there is logic in Solr which is tied to file system usage even if file
s
My quick grep of the sources and scan of the results doesn't see any
problematic areas, but if you see some places that still need a fix, yes,
please reopen the issue and submit the patch. Do you also plan on submitting
the actual alternative Directory impl?
$ ffjg FSDire | egrep 'SolrIndexW|