Hi Matthias, Thanks for suggestion, will explore this
*Thanks & Regards,* *Uday Kumar* *Product Search Tech* On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM Matthias Krüger < mkrue...@opensourceconnections.com> wrote: > Hi, > > As David recently ( > https://lists.apache.org/thread/xwr8j0ydmxjrq7q74020728jg1bqv2k3) > mentioned > the ExternalFileField > that feature is old and should probably be no longer used. It has no > replication support and potential memory leaks (SOLR-10550). > I suggest evaluating the In-Place-Updates alternative ( > > https://solr.apache.org/guide/solr/latest/indexing-guide/partial-document-updates.html#in-place-updates > ). > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM Uday Kumar <uday.p...@indiamart.com > .invalid> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > We are currently conducting a POC for external file fields in a Solr > Cloud > > environment for optimizing the speed of indexing at our end. > > > > *Our Prod Environment:* > > Solr version: v9.6.1 > > No. of nodes: 8 > > No. of shards: 63 > > Total Index size: 240 GB > > RAM on each node: 50 GB > > Heap on each node: 12 GB > > > > > > We would like to know if there are any recommended best practices for the > > following: > > > > 1. Do we have any limitations on the type of fields we can use in an > > external file? > > 2. Any Performance-related points to take care of? > > 3. Ensuring data consistency in external files? > > 4. Managing fault tolerance effectively [By maintaining replicas]? > > 5. How are these external files treated while we use Backup APIs? > > > > Please let us know, if you need any other information related to this. > > >
