-----Original message----- > From:Mark Miller <markrmil...@gmail.com> > Sent: Mon 18-Feb-2013 16:27 > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Custom shard key, shard partitioning > > Yeah, I think we are missing some docs on this… > > I think the info is in here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-2592 > > But it's not so easy to pick out - I'd been considering going through and > writing up some wiki doc for that feature (unless I'm somehow missing it), > but just been too busy with other stuff..
It's not easy to pick it out indeed. Some docs, even very brief, would be very helpful :) > > Concerning CloudSolrServer, there is a JIRA to make it hash and send updates > to the "right" leader, but currently it still doesn't - it just favors > leaders in general over non leaders currently. Ah, thanks. Got a Jira? I don't think i'm watching that one right now. > > - Mark > > On Feb 18, 2013, at 7:34 AM, Markus Jelsma <markus.jel...@openindex.io> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > By defaut SolrCloud partitions records by the hash of the uniqueKey field > > but we want to do some tests and partition the records by a signed integer > > field but keep the current uniqueKey unique. I've scanned through several > > issues concerning distributed index, custom hashing, shard policies etc but > > i have not found some concise examples or documentation or even blog post > > on this matter. > > > > How do we set up shard partitioning via another than the default uniqueKey > > field? > > > > According to some older resolved issue CloudSolrServer should be cloud > > aware and send updates to the leader of the correct shards, how does it > > know this? Must we set up the same partitioning in SolrServer client as > > well? If so, how? The apidocs do not reveal a lot when i look through them. > > > > I probably totally missed an issue or discussion or wiki page. > > > > Thanks, > > Markus > >
