Depends what you really need. Index aliases are very handy for having a sliding last N days type search. Solr doesn't have that yet....but it may be in jira.
Otis -- Performance Monitoring - http://sematext.com/spm On Nov 4, 2012 11:34 PM, "Nathan Findley" <nat...@zenlok.com> wrote: > Otis, > > I believe I found the thread which contains a link about elasticsearch and > big data. > > http://www.elasticsearch.org/**videos/2012/06/05/big-data-** > search-and-analytics.html<http://www.elasticsearch.org/videos/2012/06/05/big-data-search-and-analytics.html> > > We are dealing with data that is searched using time ranges. Does the > "time" data flow concept work in SOLR? Does it mean I can be adding shards > to the existing collection and have it just work? If this concept is more > readily used in Elasticsearch, I have no problem with using that instead of > SOLR. We need to be able to maintain searches across shards whatever the > case may be. > > Thanks for your time, > Nate > > On 11/05/2012 03:16 AM, Otis Gospodnetic wrote: > >> Correct. There was a good thread on this topic on the ElasticSearch ML. >> Search for "oversharding" and my name. Same ideas apply to SolrCloud. >> Neither server offer automatic rebalancing yet, though ES lets you move >> shards around on demand. >> >> Otis >> -- >> Performance Monitoring - http://sematext.com/spm >> On Nov 4, 2012 12:20 PM, "Nathan Findley" <nat...@zenlok.com> wrote: >> >> Otis, >>> >>> Thanks for that makes sense. I have one more question: at this point the >>> only way for future expansion of shard count is by having more than one >>> shard per machine and then, when things grow, moving each shard to its >>> own >>> dedicated machine? That is how I understand it from the wiki. >>> >>> So for instance I could have 10 shards where 2 machines have 5 shards >>> each. Then I could move those shards to their own machines as the index >>> grows. Is this correct? Does it apply to replicas as well (5 per 2 >>> replica machines)? >>> >>> Finally being able to add more shards is something on the feature list? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nate >>> >>> >>> On 11/03/2012 10:11 PM, Otis Gospodnetic wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Check the archive for a similar Q&A yesterday. Reindexing would be the >>>> cleanest. >>>> >>>> Otis >>>> -- >>>> Performance Monitoring - http://sematext.com/spm >>>> On Nov 3, 2012 8:22 AM, "Nathan Findley" <nat...@zenlok.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>>> I have one machine running solr 3.6. I would like to move this data to >>>>> solr 4.0 and set up a solrcloud. >>>>> >>>>> I feel like I should replicate the existing data. After that, it isn't >>>>> clear to me what I need to do. >>>>> >>>>> 1) Create a slave (4.0) that replicates from the master (3.6). >>>>> 2) Somehow turn the slave into a part of a solrcloud? >>>>> >>>>> If there are any online articles about this process or you have any >>>>> suggestions, I would appreciate it! >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Nate >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > > -- > ??????????/????? > Zenlok???? > >
