All, Point taken: my message should have been written more succinctly and just stuck to the facts. Sorry for the sales pitch!
However, I believe that adding SSD as a means to accelerate the performance of your Solr cluster is an important topic to discuss on this forum. There are many options for you to consider. I believe VeloBit would be the best option for many, but you have choices, some of them completely free. If interested, send me a note and I'll be happy to tell you about the different options (free or paid) you can consider. Solr clusters are I/O bound. I am arguing that before you buy additional servers, replace your existing servers with new ones, or swap your hard disks, you should try adding SSD as a cache. If the promise is that adding 1 SSD could save you the cost of 3 additional servers, you should try it. Has anyone else tried adding SSDs as a cache to boost the performance of Solr clusters? Can you share your results? Best regards, Peter Velikin VP Online Marketing, VeloBit, Inc. pe...@velobit.com tel. 978-263-4800 mob. 617-306-7165 VeloBit provides plug & play SSD caching software that dramatically accelerates applications at a remarkably low cost. The software installs seamlessly in less than 10 minutes and automatically tunes for fastest application speed. Visit www.velobit.com for details.
