Changing indexing to be more consistent would be a great thing to propose.
Udo, would you please consider championing this issue on the dev@geode list?

Thanks,
Kirk

On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Udo Kohlmeyer <[email protected]> wrote:

> @Jason/Anil,
>
> Why are the index creation semantics for partitioned and replicate regions
> different?
>
> This might just be my thinking, but the implicit creation of indexes
> across the cluster might fly in the face of the "shared nothing"
> architecture.
>
> But I can understand from a usability and user experience perspective, if
> I (as a user) define an index, I'd want it to be defined across all nodes.
> Now, with the implicit creation of and the index on NodeB, why would the
> functionality be different for Replicate regions?
>
> Surely consistency would be the best approach here? A user defines an
> index (AX) on region (X). Which means, all nodes that contain region (X)
> should contain index (AX).
>
> That said, I might have missed this, but are we moving towards a per
> region configuration paradigm. Where we can define a region, with
> indexes,cache*Adapters. All that a user has to decide, is what distributed
> system the region needs to be deployed on. Which I admit will be a better
> fit into a global cluster configuration.
>
> Kindest Regards
> -----------------------------
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> On 07/11/15 17:30, agingade wrote:
>
> Yes...that's right...
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: John Blum <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
> Date: 11/06/2015 6:38 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Indexes with WAN replication
>
> Ok, 1 more scenario...
>
> What happens when Node A defines PR1, but does not define an Index.
>
> Then Node B comes online, defined PR1 and also defines an Index.  I am
> assuming here that Node B will exchange PR information and also send A an
> index create message in this case, similar to scenario 3, but in the
> opposite order?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Jason Huynh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Scenario 1: NodeA and NodeB are up and running with a Partitioned Region
>> (let's call this PR1)
>> Now if an index is created on PR1 on NodeA, the message will be
>> distributed to NodeB.
>>
>> Scenario 2: Startup both nodes with index defined in cache.xml:
>> Both will start and create the PR and indexes defined.   Both will send a
>> create message to the other, where an IndexExistsException will be logged
>> on at least one side but the end result should be both have the index.
>>
>> Scenario 3: Startup NodeA with index defined in cache.xml and some time
>> later start up NodeB
>> NodeB on creation of PR1 I think we exchange information, part of this
>> processing will trigger an index create message to be sent to the newly
>> created member if the region created is a partitioned region.
>>
>> Attempting to answer your questions now:
>>
>> So, in my scenario, suppose the cluster with Nodes A and B are not using
>> Cluster Config, but both define a PARTITION Region (X) using cache.xml
>> where Node A defines Index AX. Your saying Node B will "implicitly" define
>> the same Index (i.e. AX) even though it was not "explicitly" defined in
>> cache.xml for Node B on PARTITION Region X?
>> I think this fits into Scenario 3
>>
>> What happens if Node B goes down?  Where does Node B get the Index
>> information for PARTITION Region X? (primary?)
>> Also Scenario 3
>>
>> What happens if Node A (primary for Region X) and B both define the same
>> Index (X) but with different definitions? (IndexExistsException?)
>> Scenario 2
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 11:31 AM, John Blum < <[email protected]>
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Jason, is that true even without Cluster Config?  I thought this applied
>>> to both REPLICATE and PARTITION Regions (well any type of Region for that
>>> matter... Local-only, NORMAL, etc).
>>>
>>> So, in my scenario, suppose the cluster with Nodes A and B are not using
>>> Cluster Config, but both define a PARTITION Region (X) using cache.xml
>>> where Node A defines Index AX. Your saying Node B will "implicitly" define
>>> the same Index (i.e. AX) even though it was not "explicitly" defined in
>>> cache.xml for Node B on PARTITION Region X?
>>>
>>> What happens if Node B goes down?  Where does Node B get the Index
>>> information for PARTITION Region X? (primary?)
>>>
>>> What happens if Node A (primary for Region X) and B both define the same
>>> Index (X) but with different definitions? (IndexExistsException?)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Jason Huynh < <[email protected]>
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think what John said is true for an index on a replicated region.  If
>>>> the index is created on a partitioned region, it will be distributed to the
>>>> other nodes.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 10:28 AM, John Blum < <[email protected]>
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think it is also worth nothing that that behavior is the same within
>>>>> the same peer/distributed system as well.  If Node A and B in the same
>>>>> cluster define the same Region (X), but only Node A defines Index AX, that
>>>>> index will not exist in Region X on Node B.\
>>>>>
>>>>> -j
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Anilkumar Gingade <
>>>>> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Nikhil,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Indexes are on regions; they are not replicated on their own...When
>>>>>> data is changed in the region; that will be applied to indexes on that
>>>>>> region.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Anil.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 7:23 AM, Nikhil Chandrappa <
>>>>>> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am working on configuring WAN replication between two cluster, I
>>>>>>> had a question on indexes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Changes made to Indexes in one Gem cluster, does it get replicated
>>>>>>> in remote Gem cluster?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Nikhil
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> -John
>>>>> 503-504-8657
>>>>> john.blum10101 (skype)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> -John
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>>> john.blum10101 (skype)
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
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