Re: Copy index while updating the index

2007-05-04 Thread larry hughes
Is there an example on how to do this (or can someone provide a sample code)? I've been looking at the Lucene API, particularly at IndexCommitPoint and IndexDeletionPolicy interfaces, but have no idea what I need to do in order to implement a live backup. Any help would be appreciated. LH M

Re: lucene indexes back up strategies

2007-05-01 Thread larry hughes
ation on this? Seems like this deletion policy is the key for making live backups. Thank you. LH Michael McCandless-3 wrote: > > > > "larry hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm pondering on long term maintenance issues with Lucene indexe

Re: lucene indexes back up strategies

2007-04-27 Thread larry hughes
Thanks Mike, Wow, I did not know Lucene 2.1 can do all of this. The problem is that I'm currently using 2.0. Is there something similar to what you just mentioned in dealing with 2.0 indexes--backing up piecewise? Thanks again. LH Michael McCandless-3 wrote: > > > &

lucene indexes back up strategies

2007-04-27 Thread larry hughes
I'm pondering on long term maintenance issues with Lucene indexes and would like to know of anyone's suggestions or recommendations to backing up these indexes. My goal is to have a weekly, or even daily, snapshot of the current index to make sure it is recoverable if the index gets corrupted. I