Hi, Hm. Everything is doable, but this sounds a bit undefined and possibly messy. If flexibility is of such importance, why have the "local" part at all? Why not have everything in an elastic cloud environment? Otis ---- Sematext :: http://sematext.com/ :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch Lucene ecosystem search :: http://search-lucene.com/
----- Original Message ---- > From: Dennis Gearon <gear...@sbcglobal.net> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Sun, April 25, 2010 10:17:11 PM > Subject: hybrid approach to using cloud servers for Solr/Lucene > > I'm working on an app that could grow much faster and bigger than I could > scale > local resources, at least on certain dates and for other reasons. So I'd > like to run a local machine in a dedicated host or even virtual machine at a > host. If the load goes up, then queries are sent to the cloud at a > certain point. Is this practical, anyone have experience in > this? This is obviously a search engine app based on solr/lucene if > someone is wondering. Dennis Gearon Signature > Warning ---------------- EARTH has a Right To Life, otherwise we > all die. Read 'Hot, Flat, and Crowded' Laugh at > href="http://www.yert.com/film.php"; target=_blank > >http://www.yert.com/film.php
