1. Solr has it's own indexer and search so you don't need to program
your own.
2. Yes, a lot. Solr can scale when/if you need to. Solr is stable.
If you need support you can get it from companies such as Lucid
Imagination. There are a lot more.
3. Do you mean use Solr to replicate your own index? If yes, then
the answer is no. If you want to replicate a Solr index without using
Solr's search or caching the answer is yes but I don't know why you
would not use Solr's searcher.
Thanks,
Matt Weber
eSr Technologies
http://www.esr-technologies.com
On Jun 8, 2009, at 7:23 PM, pof wrote:
Hi, I am fairly new to indexing and I have just written three java
apps (an
indexer, a searcher and a webserver using jetty to accept POSTed
queries
from a powerbuilder app). I am at the stage where I want a way to
replicate
my index for backup, initially I was just going to use rsync but now
I keep
hearing about Solr. Anyway, here are the questions:
- Does Solr need you to have programmed your own indexer and
searcher or
does it use its own ones?
- Is there any advantages to using Solr rather than running my own
indexer
in a cron job every so often and running my own jetty websever?
- Can I just use Solr's replication without the searching and
caching etc.?
If so is there any advantages doing this over simply rsync?
Thanks, Brett.
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