Define reindexing. Every new document is indexed and existing documents are deleted and indexed as if it is a new document. Completely reindexing from scratch is only required if breaking changes are made to the schema or if you upgrade to a new version that uses another format and isn't able to convert.
To my knowledge and experience, it is perfectly sane to never do a complete reindex and still accept incremental updates. Just do an optimize once in a while and you're good to go. > I've been trying to find a concise explanation of this, and seem to so far > have missed it. (Google, etc). What is the purpose/need to reindex a solr > index? How do you determine what provides the best performance? What > detrimental affects occur if you operate off of delta indexes? > > Aaron Chmelik > Web Designer & Programmer > email: aaron.chme...@gmail.com > website: http://webdesign.aaronchmelik.com > phone: 651.757.5979
