Hi I am just starting off on a project (using solr 5.4) which uses multi select faceting as one of the key features. Should I wait till solr 5.5 is released and resolves the issue outlined in solr-8496? Is there a recommended version I should be using?
Is there an ETA on when will 5.5 be released? Thanks On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Shawn Heisey <apa...@elyograg.org> wrote: > On 1/27/2016 8:59 AM, David Smith wrote: > > So we definitely don’t have CP yet — our very first network outage > resulted in multiple overlapped lost updates. As a result, I can’t pick > one replica and make it the new “master”. I must rebuild this collection > from scratch, which I can do, but that requires downtime which is a problem > in our app (24/7 High Availability with few maintenance windows). > > I don't have anything to add regarding the initial problem or how you > can prevent it from happening again. You're already on the latest minor > Solr version (5.4), though I think you could probably upgrade to 5.4.1. > The list of bugfixes for 5.4.1 does not seem to include anything that > could explain the problem you have described. There is SOLR-8496, but > that only affects multi-select faceting, not the numDoc counts on the > core summary screen. > > For the specific issue mentioned above (rebuilding without downtime), > what I would recommend that you do is build an entirely new collection, > then delete the old one and create an alias to the new collection using > the old collection's name. Deleting the old collection and making the > alias should happen very quickly. > > I don't think any documentation states this, but it seems like a good > idea to me use an alias from day one, so that you always have the option > of swapping the "real" collection that you are using without needing to > change anything else. I'll need to ask some people if they think this > is a good documentation addition, and think of a good place to mention > it in the reference guide. > > Thanks, > Shawn > > -- Thanks Jay Potharaju
