* You might want to check that the index is NOT in use * (It's still early and dark here!)
Greg On 2013Oct 31,, at 9:57 AM, Greg Walters <greg.walt...@answers.com> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > In my experience it is safe to delete older indexes like that. You might want > to check if the index is in use prior to deleting it via the `lsof` command > on linux or the equivalent on other platforms. I've found that most times, if > the index isn't the one specified in index.properties then `lsof` won't show > Solr as using it. > > FWIW I'm pretty sure there's a bug in Jira about old indexes not getting > purged but I can't find it right now. > > Thanks, > Greg > > On 2013Oct 31,, at 7:32 AM, Christopher Gross <cogr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have Solr 4.1 running in the SolrCloud mode. My largest collection has 2 >> index directories (and an index.properties & replication.properties in that >> directory). Is it safe to remove the older index not listed in >> index.properties? I'm running low on disk space, otherwise I'd have just >> left it alone. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- Chris >
