thanks Markus and Otis! This link was helpful: http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrPerformanceFactors#Optimization_Considerations
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Markus Jelsma <markus.jel...@openindex.io>wrote: > The only thing you'd periodically do is optimizing the existing index. > > > Hi Satish, > > > > I can't think of any benefits you'd reap by complete/full reindexing into > a > > new index. Incremental indexing will be faster. > > > > > > Otis > > ---- > > Sematext :: http://sematext.com/ :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch > > Lucene ecosystem search :: http://search-lucene.com/ > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > > > From: Satish Kumar <satish.kumar.just.d...@gmail.com> > > > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > > > Sent: Fri, April 29, 2011 2:58:25 PM > > > Subject: Baseline vs. Incremental Indexing > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Currently we index new/updated records every 30 minutes (I am > referring > > > to this as incremental/partial index) -- i.e., records will be added > to > > > an existing index. Are there any benefits in creating a new index > > > (i.e., delete the existing index and create it) from a performance > point > > > of view everyday or a week? > > > > > > In other search system I worked with, incremental updates are > generated > > > in a small file. When the server is restarted, each update in the > small > > > files need to be applied. When there are several small files to be > > > applied, the restart process could take a few minutes to complete so > > > the recommendation was to run baseline process every night. I'm > > > wondering if this is the case with Solr as well? > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Satish >
