Hi Phil, Have a look at http://wiki.apache.org/solr/HowToContribute and thank you in advance! :)
Otis -- Solr & ElasticSearch Support http://sematext.com/ On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Phil Hoy <p...@brightsolid.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to experiment with some custom load balancers to help with > query latency in the face of long gc pauses and the odd time-consuming > query that we need to be able to support. At the moment setting the socket > timeout via the HttpShardHandlerFactory does help, but of course it can > only be set to a length of time as long as the most time consuming query we > are likely to receive. > > For example perhaps a load balancer that sends multiple queries > concurrently to all/some replicas and only keeps the first response might > be effective. Or maybe a load balancer which takes account of the frequency > of timeouts would be able to recognize zombies more effectively. > > To use alternative load balancer implementations cleanly and without > having to hack solr directly, I would need to be able to make the existing > LBHttpSolrServer and HttpShardHandlerFactory more amenable to extension, I > can then override the default load balancer using solr's plugin mechanism. > > So my question is, if I made a patch to make the load balancer more > pluggable, is this something that would be acceptable and if so what do I > do next? > > Phil > > ______________________________________________________________________ > "brightsolid" is used in this email to collectively mean brightsolid > online innovation limited and its subsidiary companies brightsolid online > publishing limited and brightsolid online technology limited. > findmypast.co.uk is a brand of brightsolid online publishing limited. > brightsolid online innovation limited, Gateway House, Luna Place, Dundee > Technology Park, Dundee DD2 1TP. Registered in Scotland No. SC274983. > brightsolid online publishing limited, The Glebe, 6 Chapel Place, > Rivington Street, London EC2A 3DQ. Registered in England No. 04369607. > brightsolid online technology limited, Gateway House, Luna Place, Dundee > Technology Park, Dundee DD2 1TP. Registered in Scotland No. SC161678. > > Email Disclaimer > > This message is confidential and may contain privileged information. You > should not disclose its contents to any other person. If you are not the > intended recipient, please notify the sender named above immediately. It is > expressly declared that this e-mail does not constitute nor form part of a > contract or unilateral obligation. Opinions, conclusions and other > information in this message that do not relate to the official business of > brightsolid shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the brightsolid Email Security System. > Powered by MessageLabs > ______________________________________________________________________
