Thanks for this reply, Jason. I am mostly worried about CDCR feature. I am relying heavily on it. Although, I am planning to use Solr 8.3. It has been long time since CDCR was first introduced. I wonder what is the state of CDCR is 8.3. Is it stable now?
On Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 8:01 AM Jason Gerlowski <gerlowsk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Arnold, > > The stability and complexity issues Mark highlighted in his post > aren't just imagined - there are real, sometimes serious, bugs in > SolrCloud features. But at the same time there are many many stable > deployments out there where SolrCloud is a real success story for > users. Small example, I work at a company (Lucidworks) where our main > product (Fusion) is built heavily on top of SolrCloud and we see it > deployed successfully every day. > > In no way am I trying to minimize Mark's concerns (or David's). There > are stability bugs. But the extent to which those need affect you > depends a lot on what your deployment looks like. How many nodes? > How many collections? How tightly are you trying to squeeze your > hardware? Is your network flaky? Are you looking to use any of > SolrCloud's newer, less stable features like CDCR, etc.? > > Is SolrCloud better for you than Master/Slave? It depends on what > you're hoping to gain by a move to SolrCloud, and on your answers to > some of the questions above. I would be leery of following any > recommendations that are made without regard for your reason for > switching or your deployment details. Those things are always the > biggest driver in terms of success. > > Good luck making your decision! > > Best, > > Jason >
