Well, probably it's what Solr Operator can provide on Kubernetes. On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 10:47 AM ufuk yılmaz <uyil...@vivaldi.net.invalid> wrote:
> Just wondered, solr cloud itself can handle node failings and load > balancing. Why use an external cloud load balancer? > > —ufuk yilmaz > > — > > > On 13 Jun 2023, at 10:28, Mikhail Khludnev <m...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > Hello > > You can configure healthcheck > > > https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/health-check-concepts#criteria-protocol-http > > with Solr's ping request handler > > https://solr.apache.org/guide/solr/latest/deployment-guide/ping.html. > > Also, Google cloud has sophisticated Traffic Director, which can also > suit > > for node failover. > > > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 9:13 AM Saksham Gupta > > <saksham.gu...@indiamart.com.invalid> wrote: > > > >> Hi team, > >> We need help with the strategy used to request data from solr cloud. > >> > >> *Current Searching Strategy:* > >> We are using solr cloud 8.10 having 8 nodes with data sharded on the > basis > >> of an implicit route parameter. We send a search http request on > google's > >> network load balancer which divides requests amongst the 8 solr nodes. > >> > >> *Problem with this strategy:* > >> If solr on any one of the nodes is down, the requests that come to this > >> node give 5xx. > >> > >> We are thinking of other strategies like > >> 1. adding 2 vanilla nodes to this cluster(which will contain no data) > which > >> will be used for aggregating and serving requests i.e. instead of > sending > >> requests from lb to the 8 nodes, we will be sending the requests to the > new > >> nodes which will send internal requests on other nodes and fetch > required > >> data. > >> 2. Instead of dividing requests using a load balancer, we can use > zookeeper > >> to connect with solr cloud. > >> > >> Would these strategies work? Is there a more optimized way using which > we > >> can request on solr? > >> > > > > > > -- > > Sincerely yours > > Mikhail Khludnev > > -- Sincerely yours Mikhail Khludnev
