Thanks Jeff. I had different idea of how replicationFactor worked. I was able to create the setup with that command.
Now as I import data into the cluster how can I determine that it's being sharding? On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Jeff Wartes <jwar...@whitepages.com> wrote: > > You need to specify a replication factor of 2 if you want two copies of > each shard. Solr doesn¹t ³auto fill² available capacity, contrary to the > misleading examples on the http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrCloud page. > Those examples only have that behavior because they ask you to copy the > examples directory, which brings some on-disk configuration with it. > > > > On 9/8/14, 1:33 PM, "Ethan" <eh198...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Thanks Erick. That cleared my confusion. > > > >I have a follow up question - If I run the CREATE command with 4 nodes in > >createNodeSet, I thought 2 leaders and 2 followers will be created > >automatically. Thats not the case, however. > > > > > http://serv001:5258/solr/admin/collections?action=CREATE&name=Main&numShar > >ds=2&maxShardsPerNode=1&createNodeSet= > > serv001:5258_solr, serv002:5258_solr,serv003:5258_solr, serv004:5258_solr > > > >I still get the same response. I see 2 leaders being created, but I do > >not > >see other 2 nodes show up as followers in the cloud page in Solr Admin UI. > > It looks like collection was not created for those 2 nodes at all. > > > >Is there additional step involved to add them? > > > >On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> > >wrote: > > > >> Ahhh, this is a continual source of confusion. I've started a one-man > >> campaign to talk about "leaders" and "followers" when relevant... > >> > >> _Every_ node is a "replica". This is because a node can be a leader or > >> follower, and the role can change. > >> > >> So your case is entirely normal. These nodes are probably the leaders > >> too, and will remain so while you add more replicas/followers. > >> > >> Best, > >> Erick > >> > >> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Ethan <eh198...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I am trying to setup 2 shard cluster with 2 replicas with dedicated > >>nodes > >> > for replicas. I have 4 node SolrCloud setup that I am trying to shard > >> > using collections api .. (Like > >> > > >> > >> > https://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrCloud#Example_C:_Two_shard_cluster_with_ > >>shard_replicas_and_zookeeper_ensemble > >> > ) > >> > > >> > I ran this command - > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > http://serv001:5258/solr/admin/collections?action=CREATE&name=Main&numSha > >>rds=2&maxShardsPerNode=1&createNodeSet= > >> > serv001:5258_solr, serv002:5258_solr > >> > > >> > Response - > >> > > >> > <response> > >> > <lst name="responseHeader"> > >> > <int name="status">0</int> > >> > <int name="QTime">3932</int> > >> > </lst> > >> > <lst name="success"> > >> > <lst> > >> > <lst name="responseHeader"> > >> > <int name="status">0</int> > >> > <int name="QTime">2982</int> > >> > </lst> > >> > <str name="core">Main_shard2_replica1</str> > >> > </lst> > >> > <lst> > >> > <lst name="responseHeader"> > >> > <int name="status">0</int> > >> > <int name="QTime">3005</int> > >> > </lst> > >> > <str name="core">Main_shard1_replica1</str> > >> > </lst> > >> > </lst> > >> > </response> > >> > > >> > I want to know what *_replica1 or *_replica2 means? Are they actually > >> > replicas and not the shards? I intended to add 2 more nodes as > >>dedicated > >> > replication nodes. How to accomplish that? > >> > > >> > Would appreciate any pointers. > >> > > >> > -E > >> > >
