Thanks for the reply. So DSE is one of the options and I am looking into that too. Although, before diving into solr+cassandra integration (which comes out of the box with DSE).
I am just trying to setup a solr instance on my local machine without the bloat the "example" solr instance has to offer. Any suggestions about that? Thanks, -Utkarsh On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Jack Krupansky <j...@basetechnology.com>wrote: > You might want to check out DataStax Enterprise, which actually integrates > Cassandra and Solr. You keep the data in Cassandra, but as data is added > and updated and deleted, the Solr index is automatically updated in > parallel. You can add and update data and query using either the Cassandra > API or the Solr API. > > See: > http://www.datastax.com/what-**we-offer/products-services/** > datastax-enterprise<http://www.datastax.com/what-we-offer/products-services/datastax-enterprise> > > -- Jack Krupansky > > -----Original Message----- From: Utkarsh Sengar > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 6:34 PM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Getting started with solr 4.2 and cassandra > > > Hello, > > I am evaluating solr 4.2 and ElasticSearch (I am new to both) for a search > API, where data sits in cassandra. > > Getting started with elasticsearch is pretty straight forward and I was > able to write an ES > "river<http://www.**elasticsearch.org/guide/**reference/river/<http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/river/> > >" > > which pulls data from cassandra and indexes it in ES within a day. > > Now, I trying to implement something similar with solr and compare both of > them. > > Getting started with > solr/example<http://lucene.**apache.org/solr/4_2_0/**tutorial.html<http://lucene.apache.org/solr/4_2_0/tutorial.html> > >was > > pretty easy and an example solr instance works. But the example folder > contains whole bunch of stuff which I am not sure if I need: > http://pastebin.com/Gv660mRT . I am sure I don't need 53 directories and > 527 files > > So my questions are: > 1. How can I create a bare bone solr app up and running with minimum set of > configuration? (I will build over it when needed by taking reference from > /example) > 2. What is a best practice to run solr in production? Am approach like this > jetty+nginx recommended: > http://sacharya.com/nginx-**proxy-to-jetty-for-java-apps/<http://sacharya.com/nginx-proxy-to-jetty-for-java-apps/>? > > Once I am done setting up a simple solr instance: > 3. What is the general practice to import data to solr? For now, I am > writing a python script which will read data in bulk from cassandra and > throw it to solr. > > -- > Thanks, > -Utkarsh > -- Thanks, -Utkarsh
