I don't know the details of how lock files are unreliable over NFS, only
that they are. The window of vulnerability, when the lock file is used,
is when one JVM is opening all of the files in an index, and another is
completing an update at the same time. If the updating machine removes
some
Doug Cutting writes:
Can I have a lucene index on a NFS filesystem without problems
(access is readonly)?
So long as all access is read-only, there should not be a problem. Keep
in mind however that lock files are known to not work correctly over NFS.
Hmm. Sorry, I was a bit unprecise
Hi Jan,
thanks for your answer.
What part of the webserver are you expecting that will fail? The service or
the computer? Why would the computer hosting NFS be less likely to fail than
your computer hosting the webserver?
The computer.
Of course you're right with the nfs server. That's one
, 2003 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: Lucene Index on NFS Server
Hi Jan,
thanks for your answer.
What part of the webserver are you expecting that will fail? The service
or
the computer? Why would the computer hosting NFS be less likely to fail
than
your computer hosting the webserver
Morus Walter wrote:
Can I have a lucene index on a NFS filesystem without problems
(access is readonly)?
So long as all access is read-only, there should not be a problem. Keep
in mind however that lock files are known to not work correctly over NFS.
Doug
Hi,
I'm currently planing a web application using lucene for search.
There will be two web server maschines responable for the application
and the searches. Two maschines basically to be failsafe, load is not
expected to be a problem initially, though this might change over time.
So scaling is a
hosting the webservers (and not using a
3. computer)?
Jan
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Subject: Lucene Index on NFS Server
Hi,
I'm currently planing a web application using lucene for search
