On 10/2/2013 4:15 AM, maephisto wrote: > Even more, is it possible to use just 3 big mean machines, each with a ZK > instance and 2 Solr instances ? Would I be sacrificing performance?
To supplement the replies you've already gotten: Don't run more that one Solr instance per machine. One Solr instance is perfectly capable of handling many collections and shard replicas. The maxShardsPerNode parameter you've been given controls how many shards can live on one Solr instance, a node does not necessarily refer to a machine. Unless you are very very careful, understand things on a very deep level, and do many things manually that can normally be automated, running more than one instance per machine just causes administrative headaches and unexpected behavior. Don't do it, unless what you want to do is run more than one independent SolrCloud on one set of hardware and zookeeper ensemble. Thanks, Shawn
