That's correct. Only 1 instance should be writing. You should be able to point multiple Solr read-only instances to the same physical read-only index. I don't recall trying this recently, though.
Otis ---- Sematext :: http://sematext.com/ :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch Lucene ecosystem search :: http://search-lucene.com/ ----- Original Message ---- > From: Dennis Gearon <gear...@sbcglobal.net> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 12:29:54 PM > Subject: Re: Multiple Solr instances common core possible ? > > NOT sure about any of it, but THINK that READ ONLY, with one solr instance >doing > > writes is possible. I've heard that it's NEVER possible to do multiple Solr > Instances writing. > > Dennis Gearon > > > Signature Warning > ---------------- > It is always a good idea to learn from your own mistakes. It is usually a >better > > idea to learn from others’ mistakes, so you do not have to make them > yourself. > > from 'http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=4501&tag=nl.e036' > > > EARTH has a Right To Life, > otherwise we all die. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Ravi Kiran <ravi.bhas...@gmail.com> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 9:15:06 AM > Subject: Multiple Solr instances common core possible ? > > Hello, > Is it possible to deploy multiple solr instances with different > context roots pointing to the same solr core ? If I do this will there be > any deadlocks or file handle issues ? The reason I need this setup is > because I want to expose solr to an third party vendor via a different > context root. My solr instance is deployed on Glassfish. Alternately, if > there is a configurable way to setup multiple context roots for the same > solr instance that will suffice at this point of time. > > Ravi Kiran > >