Hi Michael, ----- Original Message ---- > From: Michael Ludwig <m...@as-guides.com> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:34:10 AM > Subject: Re: Few Queries regarding indexes in Solr > > Otis Gospodnetic schrieb: > > Regarding that 3rd answer below: > > Putting it back in context (where it belongs :-) : > > >> My (very limited) understanding of shards is that you repartition > >> your documents among shards and send each document to only one > >> shard. (Not sure this is correct.) > > > Yes, that's what most people do, though nothing prevents the indexing > > client from sending the same doc to multiple shards. In some > > scenarios that's exactly what you want to do. > > What kind of scenario would that be?
One scenario is making use of small and large core to provide near real-time search - you index to both - to smaller so you can flip/drop/purge+reopen it frequently and quickly, the large one to persist. You search across both of them and remove dupes. > -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? A: it never stops! Otis
