I would start with version 4, hands down. I started with Solr 4 alpha and has moved to beta. Final can't be too far behind. So far, it has been extremely stable for me.
And unless you are going into production in a next week, it will probably be final while you are learning. Regards, Alex. Personal blog: http://blog.outerthoughts.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrerafalovitch - Time is the quality of nature that keeps events from happening all at once. Lately, it doesn't seem to be working. (Anonymous - via GTD book) On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Ken Clarke <k_cla...@perlprogrammer.net> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I'm going to setup a SOLR search server for the first time. Hope you > don't mind a few beginner questions. Perhaps a quick summary of how I intend > to use it will help. > > The SOLR server will be installed on a single VPS host and bound to a > internal IP (192.168.?.?). Search parameters will be received by a mod_perl > script which will handle input validation, SOLR query language generation, > submition to SOLR, SOLR response parsing and search request response. > > Should I go with Beta 4 or stable 3? > > Which servlet container would you suggest is the most efficient for my > implementation? > > I'm unclear if the JDK is required or I can just install a JRE. I was > guessing that Oracle's Java SE 7u7 would probably be the best implementation, > yes/no? > > How relevant is the "Apache Solr 3 Enterprise Search Server" book to > working with version 4? I couldn't find a list of differences anywhere. > > Apreesh! > >>> Ken Clarke >>> Contract Web Programmer / E-commerce Technologist
