I discussed this issue offline with David, and I'm now working on a code
change to make the preferredLeader to become the leader when we register a
replica.
The idea is, when we register a replica from Zookeeper, we check whether it
has the preferred leader flag. When true, we tell the current lea
I found this existing issue:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-8238
I commented on it just now. Erick isn't around anymore but I'd appreciate
input from anyone using "preferredLeader".
~ David Smiley
Apache Lucene/Solr Search Developer
http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley
On Mon, Fe
Seems like a bug to me!
Recommended reading: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-6491
There's a treasure trove of information in JIRA to learn about how code
comes to be; what were the intentions behind features; what alternatives
were explored; pros & cons.
~ David Smiley
Apache Lucene/Sol
After many tests and deployments, it appears the preferredLeader flag
described in the RebalanceLeader command doc [1] is not useful.
It is taken into account only during the rebalance command. Afterwards, if
there is a leader election or some node restart, it is ignored.
Is this preferredLeader u
