WRT the name "uncoordinated mode" I fear it could be read (or even become known as) as "clumsy mode" which is humorous but possibly not what we're going for :) I'd perhaps suggest Cluster mode for SolrCloud though I'm not entirely sure if Legacy Solr (in curren parlance) is not a "cluster" too, cluster being a somewhat vague term. However Clustered Mode and Legacy Mode seem more on target. I think "Legacy" could be changed since we're not really planning on abandoning it (are we?), but the adjective there SHOULD communicate reduced functionality because there are plenty of features that are cloud (cluster) only.
-Gus On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:27 AM Cassandra Targett <[email protected]> wrote: > The work in SOLR-14702 has left us with some awkward phrasing (which is > still better than what it was) around non-SolrCloud clusters that I've > offered to help fix. > > I think we've struggled for years to find a good name for non-SolrCloud > clusters and we've used a number of variations: "legacy replication" (which > it isn't, since PULL replicas use the same thing), "Standalone mode" (which > it isn't because it's a cluster), now "leader/follower mode" (which could > be confusing because SolrCloud has leaders). > > Yesterday I thought about what really differentiates a SolrCloud cluster > and a non-SolrCloud cluster and it occurred to me that a key difference is > the former is coordinated by ZooKeeper, while the latter is not. That led > me to think that perhaps "coordinated mode" can someday be a better > replacement for the term "SolrCloud", while "uncoordinated mode" could be a > replacement today for all these other non-SolrCloud mode variations. > > I've opened https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-14716 and will > create a branch for work in progress, but before I forge too far ahead, I > want to draw attention to it first to give a chance for discussion so we're > in agreement. > > Thanks, > Cassandra > -- http://www.needhamsoftware.com (work) http://www.the111shift.com (play)
