Can you please tell me whihc solr version you have tried with? I tried giving
<lockType>${solr.lock.type:none}</lockType> in 2 solr instances and now it is working. I am not getting the write lock exception when starting the second instance. But my scenario is that both solr instances would write to the common directory ( but not both simultaneously for sure). Is there any drawback of using "noLock" Please advice. Thanks, Prasi On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Uwe Reh <r...@hebis.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote: > Hi, > > with the lock type 'simple' I have tree instances (different JREs, > GC-Problem) running on the same files. > You should use this option only for a readonly system. Otherwise it's easy > to corrupt the index. > > Maybe you should have a look on replication or SolrCloud. > > Uwe > > > Am 26.06.2014 11:25, schrieb Prasi S: > > Hi, >> Is it possible to point two solr instances to point to a common index >> directory. Will this work wit changing the lock type? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> Prasi >> >>