Am 02.02.2013 03:48, schrieb Yonik Seeley: > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 4:13 AM, Bernd Fehling > <bernd.fehl...@uni-bielefeld.de> wrote: >> A question to the experts, >> >> why is the replicated index copied from its temporary location >> (index.xxxxxxxxx) >> to the real index directory and NOT moved? > > The intent is certainly to move and not copy (provided the Directory > supports it). > See StandardDirectoryFactory.move()
Because running Solr/Lucene with Linux I suppose it should really move, but I will step through it with debugger and see what happens. > >> Copying over 100s of gigs takes some time, moving is just changing the file >> system link. >> >> Also, instead of first deleting the old index, why not >> - moving the file links of old index to "index.xxxxx.old" > > You can't do this in Windows? Solr/Lucene is optimized for Windows??? Who is on the MS payroll? > >> - moving the file links of new index to "index" >> - and finally after new searcher is up, deleting "index.xxxxx.old" >> > > -Yonik > http://lucidworks.com >
