We all know that MMapDirectory is fastest. However we cannot always use it since you might run out of memory on large indexes right?
Here is how I got iSimpleFSDirectoryFactory to work. Just set -Dsolr.directoryFactory=solr.SimpleFSDirectoryFactory. Your solrconfig.xml: <directoryFactory name="DirectoryFactory" class="${solr.directoryFactory:solr.StandardDirectoryFactory}"/> You can check it with http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/stats.jsp Notice that the default for Windows 64bit is MMapDirectory. Else NIOFSDirectory except for WIndows.... It would be nicer if we just set it all up with a helper in solrconfig.xml... if (Constants.WINDOWS) { if (MMapDirectory.UNMAP_SUPPORTED && Constants.JRE_IS_64BIT) return new MMapDirectory(path, lockFactory); else return new SimpleFSDirectory(path, lockFactory); } else { return new NIOFSDirectory(path, lockFactory); } } -- Bill Bell billnb...@gmail.com cell 720-256-8076