Re: Full re-index without downtime

2016-07-06 Thread Jeff Wartes
A variation on #1 here - Use the same cluster, create a new collection, but use the createNodeSet option to logically partition your cluster so no node has both the old and new collection. If your clients all reference a collection alias, instead of a collection name, then all you need to do w

Re: Full re-index without downtime

2016-07-06 Thread Steven Bower
There are two options as I see it.. 1. Do something like you describe and create a secondary index, index into it, then switch... I personally would create a completely separate solr cloud alongside my existing one vs new core in the same cloud as you might see some negative impacts on GC caused b

Full re-index without downtime

2016-07-06 Thread Steven White
Hi everyone, In my environment, I have use cases where I need to fully re-index my data. This happens because Solr's schema requires changes based on changes made to my data source, the DB. For example, my DB schema may change so that it now has a whole new set of field added or removed (on reco