Andy, Short answer: No, Solr will use multiple CPU cores and/or multiple CPUs if they are present.
A single non-distributed search request runs in a single thread, but Solr (and the servlet container you put it in) can handle a number of such threads in parallel. Otis ---- Sematext :: http://sematext.com/ :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch Lucene ecosystem search :: http://search-lucene.com/ ----- Original Message ---- > From: Andy <angelf...@yahoo.com> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Mon, August 9, 2010 1:19:58 AM > Subject: solr single threaded? > > I read that Lucene search is single threaded. Does that mean Solr search is >also single threaded? > > What does it mean - that there are no concurrent searches & all searches are >serialized? Can Solr take advantages of multiple CPUs? > > Thanks. > > > >
