Alok: correct - commit causes Solr to re-open the index. Gene: That should work just fine. While you can't have multiple concurrent writers, you can send multiple concurrent indexing requests to a single Solr instance designated to be the master.
Otis -- Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch ----- Original Message ---- > From: Alok K. Dhir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 7:51:19 PM > Subject: Re: Shared index base > > thanks for your response - i've been waiting for this very > clarification. so 'commit()' makes readers re-read the indexes? > On Feb 26, 2008, at 7:03 PM, Mike Klaas wrote: > > > There hasn't really been a concrete answer given in this thread, > > so: It works to point multiple Solr's at a single data dir, but you > > can't have more than one writer. If you try, the index could become > > corrupted or inconsistent (especially if you are using 'simple' lock > > type). Also, the Solrs do not communicate with each other. You > > have to tell the readers manually that the index is updated (via > > commit()--autoCommit will not work). > > > > -Mike > > > > On 26-Feb-08, at 9:39 AM, Alok Dhir wrote: > > > >> Are you saying all the servers will use the same 'data' dir? Is > >> that a supported config? > >> > >> On Feb 26, 2008, at 12:29 PM, Matthew Runo wrote: > >> > >>> We're about to do the same thing here, but have not tried yet. We > >>> currently run Solr with replication across several servers. So > >>> long as only one server is doing updates to the index, I think it > >>> should work fine. > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>> Matthew Runo > >>> Software Developer > >>> Zappos.com > >>> 702.943.7833 > >>> > >>> On Feb 26, 2008, at 7:51 AM, Evgeniy Strokin wrote: > >>> > >>>> I know there was such discussions about the subject, but I want > >>>> to ask again if somebody could share more information. > >>>> We are planning to have several separate servers for our search > >>>> engine. One of them will be index/search server, and all others > >>>> are search only. > >>>> We want to use SAN (BTW: should we consider something else?) and > >>>> give access to it from all servers. So all servers will use the > >>>> same index base, without any replication, same files. > >>>> Is this a good practice? Did somebody do the same? Any problems > >>>> noticed? Or any suggestions, even about different configurations > >>>> are highly appreciated. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Gene > >>> > >> > > > >
