Cool? More like "generally useless". --wunder
On Jun 26, 2014, at 12:44 PM, "Jack Krupansky" <j...@basetechnology.com> wrote:
> Erick, I agree, but... wouldn't it be SO COOL if it did work! Avoid all the
> ridiculous complexity of "cloud".
>
> Have a temporary lock to permit and exclude updates.
>
> -- Jack Krupansky
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Erick Erickson
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 12:37 PM
> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Two solr instances access common index
>
> bq: But my scenario is that both solr instances would write to the common
> directory
>
> Do NOT do this. Don't even try. I guarantee Bad Things Will Happen.
>
> Why do you want to do this? To save disk space? Accomplish NRT
> searching on multiple machines?
>
> Please define the problem you're trying to solve and why existing supported
> ways of using Solr wouldn't work for you, e.g. SolrCloud or master/slave
> setups before asking for a specific solution, as this sounds very much like an
> XY problem.
>
> Best,
> Erick
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 4:25 AM, Prasi S <prasi1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Can you please tell me whihc solr version you have tried with? I tried
>> giving
>>
>> <lockType>${solr.lock.type:none}</lockType> in 2 solr instances and now it
>> is working. I am not getting the write lock exception when starting the
>> second instance.
>>
>> But my scenario is that both solr instances would write to the common
>> directory ( but not both simultaneously for sure). Is there any drawback of
>> using "noLock"
>>
>> Please advice.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Prasi
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Uwe Reh <r...@hebis.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> with the lock type 'simple' I have tree instances (different JREs,
>>> GC-Problem) running on the same files.
>>> You should use this option only for a readonly system. Otherwise it's easy
>>> to corrupt the index.
>>>
>>> Maybe you should have a look on replication or SolrCloud.
>>>
>>> Uwe
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 26.06.2014 11:25, schrieb Prasi S:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>> Is it possible to point two solr instances to point to a common index
>>>> directory. Will this work wit changing the lock type?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Prasi
>>>>
>
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