Just make sure that outside users can't talk directly to your solr instance. If they can talk to Solr, they can add/delete documents which will affect your site.
Tim -----Original Message----- From: okayndc [mailto:bodymo...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 10:45 AM To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: running SOLR on same server as your website Right now, the index is relatively small in size ~less than 1mb. I think right now, it's okay but, a couple years down the road, we may have to transfer SOLR onto a separate application server. On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Jaeger, Jay - DOT <jay.jae...@dot.wi.gov>wrote: > You could host Solr inside the same Tomcat container, or in a different > servlet container (say, a second Tomcat instance) on the same server. > > Be aware of your OS memory requirements, though: In my experience, Solr > performs best when it has lots of OS memory to cache index files (at least, > if your index is very big). For that reason alone, we chose to host our > Solr instance (used internally only) in a separate virtual machine in its > own web app server instance. > > It is all a matter of managing your memory, CPU and disk performance. If > those are already constrained or nearly constrained on your website, then > adding Solr into that mix is probably not such a good idea. If those are > not issues on your existing website, and your Solr load is modest, then you > can probably squeeze it onto the same server. > > Like most real-world answers, it comes down to "it depends". > > JRJ > > -----Original Message----- > From: okayndc [mailto:bodymo...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 9:02 AM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: running SOLR on same server as your website > > Hi everyone! > > Is it not a good practice to run SOLR on the same server where you website > files sit? Or is it a MUST to house SOLR on it's own application server? > The problem that I'm facing is that, my website's files sit on a servlet > container (Tomcat) and I think it would be more convenient to house the > SOLR > instance on the same server? Is this not a good idea? What is your SOLR > setup? > > Thanks >
