> Then, the long answer is that Apache Solr implements already approaches for > 'early termination' such as Block Max WAND from Solr 8(thanks Lucene for > this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7148045/) to optimise > query time and 'skip un-worthy candidates'. >
Note that this is not used by default, you need to specify the “minExactCount” parameter. https://solr.apache.org/guide/solr/latest/query-guide/common-query-parameters.html#minexactcount-parameter > For your second question, you can use the > > https://solr.apache.org/guide/6_6/common-query-parameters.html#CommonQueryParameters-ThetimeAllowedParameter > . > Be aware it's not a panacea and that presented some bugs in some older > versions, so make sure you grab a Solr version that has fixed the problem ( > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-9882) > > Cheers > -------------------------- > *Alessandro Benedetti* > Director @ Sease Ltd. > *Apache Lucene/Solr Committer* > *Apache Solr PMC Member* > > e-mail: a.benede...@sease.io > > > *Sease* - Information Retrieval Applied > Consulting | Training | Open Source > > Website: Sease.io <http://sease.io/> > LinkedIn <https://linkedin.com/company/sease-ltd> | Twitter > <https://twitter.com/seaseltd> | Youtube > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDx86ZKLYNpI3gzMercM7BQ> | Github > <https://github.com/seaseltd> > > > On Wed, 8 Feb 2023 at 16:02, Andy Lester <a...@petdance.com> wrote: > > > Please include your schema and some sample queries so we have specifics > to > > go on. > > > > > On Feb 8, 2023, at 9:00 AM, Mike <mz579...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I have a standalone Solr server and an index of millions of documents. > > > Some queries that e.g. more than 1 million times exist takes a long > time. > > > I only need the first 100 results, can I make solr stop ranking and > sort > > by > > > the first 100 hits? > > > How can i limit the search time of sometimes more than 10 seconds? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Mike > > > > >