If you are not familiar with linux I would go with RedHat enterprise (or something like CentOS which is a clone).
It really depends on you, other people swear by ubuntu and debian. regards Ian On 3/9/06, Mike.Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What free Linux distribution is best or would you recommend for fast web > application or for solr in particular? Which one is most commonly used for > full open-source high-volume ecommerce sites? > > thanks > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Yonik Seeley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <solr-dev@lucene.apache.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:20 PM > Subject: Re: Windows/IIS user > > > On 3/8/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also, what drawbacks or limitations do you see if I use windows server/IIS > > with Tomcat/sobr? > > The snapshot & replication strategy for high availability is designed > for UNIX (or filesystems with UNIX/posix semantics: esp hard links). > > So if you want multiple search boxes using Solr, you need to figure > out an alternate way. > Some alternatives: > 1) run a separate Linux/UNIX search tier running Solr, making requests > from the Windows boxes when search is needed. > 2) send index updates to multiple searchers simultaneously. > 3) do index distribution by hand (doable if you only need to see > changes once a day or so). > > > Since I am somewhat new to java as well, could someone give me > > requirements to develop with solr/lucene for java? > > To use Solr, you don't necessarily need to do any Java development. > By default, it's a standalone server that is updated and queried via > HTTP and XML. Check out the tutorial if you haven't yet. > > In the near future, we want to make updating easier by being able to > point Solr at a database, specify some SQL, and have things > automatically indexed. > > -Yonik > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- blog: http://feh.holsman.net/ -- PH: ++61-3-9877-0909 If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. - Mario Andretti
