That's what I was thinking. Though I am seeing some funkiness that I wasn't seeing with Solr & Zookeeper running together.
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Shawn Heisey <s...@elyograg.org> wrote: > On 8/30/2013 9:43 AM, Jared Griffith wrote: > >> One last thing. Is there any real benefit in running SolrCloud and >> Zookeeper separate? I am seeing some funkiness with the separation of >> the >> two, funkiness I wasn't seeing when running SolrCloud + Zookeeper together >> as outlined in the Wiki. >> > > For a robust install, you want zookeeper to be a separate process. It can > run on the same server as Solr, but the embedded zookeeper (-DzkRun) should > not be used except for dev and proof of concept work. > > The reason is simple. Zookeeper is the central coordinator for SolrCloud. > In order for it to remain stable, it should not be restarted without good > reason. If you are running zookeeper as part of Solr, then you will be > affecting zookeeper operation anytime you restart that instance of Solr. > > Making changes to your Solr setup often requires that you restart Solr. > This includes upgrading Solr and changing some aspects of its > configuration. Some configuration aspects can be changed with just a > collection reload, but others require a full application restart. > > Thanks, > Shawn > > -- Jared Griffith Linux Administrator, PICS Auditing, LLC P: (949) 936-4574 C: (909) 653-7814 <http://www.picsauditing.com> 17701 Cowan #140 | Irvine, CA | 92614 Join PICS on LinkedIn and Twitter! <https://twitter.com/PICSAuditingLLC>
