: if you use the core model via solr.xml you can reload a core without having to : to restart the servlet container, : http://wiki.apache.org/solr/CoreAdmin
For making a schema change, the steps would be: - create a "new_core" with the new schema - reindex all the docs into "new_core" - "SWAP" "old_core" and "new_core" so all the old URLs now point at the new core with the new schema. -Hoss
