On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:37:14 -0800 (PST)
Chris Hostetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2) the issue with replication/distribution and windows isn't rsync (that
> is available as part of cygwin) the issue relates to the fact that even
> though windows has hardlinks, you can't move a hard link to a file while
> it's open (which is fairly crucial to the way the
> snapshooter/snapinstaller scripts work)
hmm i hadn't thought of this.
>
> 3) the scripts provided (and refered to on that wiki page) are only one
> possible way to do collection distribution that relies on rsync and
> (movable) hard links. the "hooks" available in Solr for doing replication
> are extremely flexible and give you the ability to have arbitrary java
> code (or arbitrary shell commands) executed on the master when the index
> is in a stable state to be replicated, and allow you to notify the slave
> when it should re-open the index using a simple HTTP POST. If anyone
> is interested in providing new replication utilities specific to windows,
> i'm sure we could include them with future Solr releases as well.
I'll need to set this up v. soon... i'll see what problems I come up with and
how I work it out. I'll post the outcome back :)
B
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