Yes, it is generally a bad idea to optimize. The system continually does merges as needed. You generally do not need to force a full merge.
wunder On Mar 25, 2014, at 11:27 AM, Software Dev <static.void....@gmail.com> wrote: > So its generally a bad idea to optimize I gather? > > - In older versions it might have done them all at once, but I believe > that newer versions only do one core at a time. > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Shawn Heisey <s...@elyograg.org> wrote: >> On 3/25/2014 11:59 AM, Software Dev wrote: >>> >>> Ehh.. found out the hard way. I optimized the collection on 1 machine >>> and when it was completed it replicated to the others and took my >>> cluster down. Shitty >> >> >> It doesn't get replicated -- each core in the collection will be optimized. >> In older versions it might have done them all at once, but I believe that >> newer versions only do one core at a time. >> >> Doing an optimize on a Solr core results in a LOT of I/O. If your Solr >> install is having performance issues, that will push it over the edge. When >> SolrCloud ends up with a performance problem in one place, they tend to >> multiply and cause MORE problems. It can get bad enough that the whole >> cluster goes down because it's trying to do a recovery on every node. For >> that reason, it's extremely important that you have enough system resources >> available across your cloud (RAM in particular) to avoid performance issues. >> >> Thanks, >> Shawn >> -- Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org
