Interesting. So what you are saying, though, is that at the moment it is NOT there?
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Jan Høydahl / Cominvent <jan....@cominvent.com> wrote: > Solr will match this in version 3.1 which is the next major release. > Read this page: http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrCloud for feature descriptions > Coming to a trunk near you - see > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-1873 > > -- > Jan Høydahl, search solution architect > Cominvent AS - www.cominvent.com > > On 27. sep. 2010, at 17.44, Mike Thomsen wrote: > >> (I apologize in advance if I missed something in your documentation, >> but I've read through the Wiki on the subject of distributed searches >> and didn't find anything conclusive) >> >> We are currently evaluating Solr and Autonomy. Solr is attractive due >> to its open source background, following and price. Autonomy is >> expensive, but we know for a fact that it can handle our distributed >> search requirements perfectly. >> >> What we need to know is if Solr has capabilities that match or roughly >> approximate Autonomy's Distributed Search Handler. What it does it >> acts as a front-end for all of Autonomy's IDOL search servers (which >> correspond in this scenario to Solr shards). It is configured to know >> what is on each shard, which servers hold each shard and intelligently >> farms out queries based on that configuration. There is no need to >> specify which IDOL servers to hit while querying; the DiSH just knows >> where to go. Additionally, I believe in cases where an index piece is >> mirrored, it also monitors server health and falls back intelligently >> on other backup instances of a shard/index piece based on that. >> >> I'd appreciate it if someone can give me a frank explanation of where >> Solr stands in this area. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mike > >
