Saqib: At the simplest level:
1) Source the machine 2) Install Java 3) Install a servlet container of your choice 4) Copy your Solr WAR and conf directories as desired (probably a rough mirror of your current single server) 5) Start it up and start sending data there 6) Query both by simply adding: shards=host1/solr/collection,host2/solr/collection 7) Profit Or, in shorthand: 1) Install new Solr instance and start indexing data there 2) Add the shards parameter to your queries with both (or more) servers 3) … 4) Profit Now…we usually want to be concerned about how to manage the data so that we don't send duplicates. Without SolrCloud it is our responsibility to delegate traffic for updates and deletes. We also like to think a bit more about how to take advantage of our lovely parallelism to increase index or query time. We should also consider strategies to isolate domain data to single shards so as to allow isolated queries against dedicated data models in single shards. But if you just want to basics, it really is as easy as describe above. Jason On Jul 5, 2013, at 7:36 PM, "Ali, Saqib" <docbook....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Otis, > > I was thinking more in terms of Solr DistributedSearch rather than > SolrCloud. I was hoping to add another Solr instance, when the time comes. > This is a low use application, but with lot of data. Uptime and query speed > are not of importance. However we would like to be able to index more then > 2.1 b document when the time comes...... > > Any advise will be highly appreciated. > > > Thanks!!! :) > Saqib > > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Otis Gospodnetic <otis.gospodne...@gmail.com >> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> It's a broad question, but it starts with getting a few servers, >> putting Solr 4.3.1 on it (soon 4.4), setting up Zookeeper, creating a >> Solr Collection (index) with N shards and M replicas, and reindexing >> your old data to this new cluster, which you can expand with new nodes >> over time. If you have specific questions... >> >> Otis >> -- >> Solr & ElasticSearch Support -- http://sematext.com/ >> Performance Monitoring -- http://sematext.com/spm >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Ali, Saqib <docbook....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Question regarding the 2.1 billion+ document. >>> >>> I understand that a single instance of solr has a limit of 2.1 billion >>> documents. >>> >>> We currently have a single solr server. If we reach 2.1billion documents >>> limit, what is involved in moving to the Solr DistributedSearch? >>> >>> Thanks! :) >>