Yes. 3 replicas and an HDFS replication factor of 3 means 9 copies of the index are laying around. You can change your HDFS replication factor, but that affects other applications using HDFS, so that may not be an option.
Best, Erick On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 2:31 AM, Vijaya Narayana Reddy Bhoomi Reddy <vijaya.bhoomire...@whishworks.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone please tell me how does shard replication work when the indexes > are stored in HDFS? i..e with HDFS, the default replication factor is 3. > Now, for the Solr shards, if I set the replication factor to 3 again, does > that mean, internally index data is replicated thrice and then HDFS > replication works on top it again and duplicates the data across HDFS > cluster? > > > Thanks & Regards > Vijay > > -- > The contents of this e-mail are confidential and for the exclusive use of > the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error please delete > it from your system immediately and notify us either by e-mail or > telephone. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content > of the e-mail. The views expressed in this communication may not > necessarily be the view held by WHISHWORKS.
