: i am taking snapshots of my master index after optimize calls (run each please define what you mean by "taking snapshots" -- the replication handler has no "snapshot" command that i know of. Are you using the old "snapshooter" scripts from Solr 1.4 style replication, or are you doing something else outside of Solr?
: day once), to get a clean backup of the index. If your goal is to create backups, use the "backup" command of the replication handler. : Is there a parameter to tell the replication handler how many snapshots : to keep and the rest should be deleted? Or must i use a custom script : via cron? As of Solr 3.5 the backup command supports a "numberToKeep" param... https://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrReplication#HTTP_API -Hoss
