That depends largely on your ramBufferSizeMB setting in solrconfig.xml and the memory you are willing to give to the JVM via -Xmx.
Otis -- Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch ----- Original Message ---- > From: Alok Dhir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Monday, November 3, 2008 5:16:27 PM > Subject: Re: SOLR Performance > > in terms of RAM -- how to size that on the indexer? > > --- > Alok K. Dhir > Symplicity Corporation > www.symplicity.com > (703) 351-0200 x 8080 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Nov 3, 2008, at 4:07 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: > > > The indexing box can be much smaller, especially in terms of CPU. > > It just needs one fast thread and enough disk. > > > > wunder > > > > On 11/3/08 2:58 PM, "Alok Dhir" wrote: > > > >> I was afraid of that. Was hoping not to need another big fat box like > >> this one... > >> > >> --- > >> Alok K. Dhir > >> Symplicity Corporation > >> www.symplicity.com > >> (703) 351-0200 x 8080 > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> On Nov 3, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Feak, Todd wrote: > >> > >>> I believe this is one of the reasons that a master/slave configuration > >>> comes in handy. Commits to the Master don't slow down queries on the > >>> Slave. > >>> > >>> -Todd > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Alok Dhir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 1:47 PM > >>> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > >>> Subject: SOLR Performance > >>> > >>> We've moved past this issue by reducing date precision -- thanks to > >>> all for the help. Now we're at another problem. > >>> > >>> There is relatively constant updating of the index -- new log entries > >>> are pumped in from several applications continuously. Obviously, new > >>> entries do not appear in searches until after a commit occurs. > >>> > >>> The problem is, issuing a commit causes searches to come to a > >>> screeching halt for up to 2 minutes. We're up to around 80M docs. > >>> Index size is 27G. The number of docs will soon be 800M, which > >>> doesn't bode well for these "pauses" in search performance. > >>> > >>> I'd appreciate any suggestions. > >>> > >>> --- > >>> Alok K. Dhir > >>> Symplicity Corporation > >>> www.symplicity.com > >>> (703) 351-0200 x 8080 > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> On Oct 29, 2008, at 4:30 PM, Alok Dhir wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi -- using solr 1.3 -- roughly 11M docs on a 64 gig 8 core machine. > >>>> > >>>> Fairly simple schema -- no large text fields, standard request > >>>> handler. 4 small facet fields. > >>>> > >>>> The index is an event log -- a primary search/retrieval requirement > >>>> is date range queries. > >>>> > >>>> A simple query without a date range subquery is ridiculously fast - > >>>> 2ms. The same query with a date range takes up to 30s (30,000ms). > >>>> > >>>> Concrete example, this query just look 18s: > >>>> > >>>> instance:client\-csm.symplicity.com AND dt:[2008-10-01T04:00:00Z > >>> TO > >>>> 2008-10-30T03:59:59Z] AND label_facet:"Added to Position" > >>>> > >>>> The exact same query without the date range took 2ms. > >>>> > >>>> I saw a thread from Apr 2008 which explains the problem being due to > >>>> too much precision on the DateField type, and the range expansion > >>>> leading to far too many elements being checked. Proposed solution > >>>> appears to be a hack where you index date fields as strings and > >>>> hacking together date functions to generate proper queries/format > >>>> results. > >>>> > >>>> Does this remain the recommended solution to this issue? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks > >>>> > >>>> --- > >>>> Alok K. Dhir > >>>> Symplicity Corporation > >>>> www.symplicity.com > >>>> (703) 351-0200 x 8080 > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >