Erick Erickson, Author at Lucidworks

Articles by Erick Erickson

Indexing Existing Data with SolrJ in Apache Solr

How to use the SolrJ client with Apache Solr for indexing data.

Solr’s DateRangeField, How Does It Perform?

Techniques for optimizing performance of the DateRangeField for date range queries in Apache Solr.

Apache Solr and Join Queries

The ins and outs of join queries in Apache Solr.

Improving the Search Experience With Solr Suggester

How to configure and optimize Apache Solr's suggester component including both FST-based and AnalyzingInfix approaches (and a few 'gotchas' along the way).

Apache Solr and Optimizing Your Index

Tips and techniques when using optimize/forceMerge and/or expungeDeletes in Apache Solr.

Apache Solr Segment Merging, Deleted Documents, and Why Optimize May Be Bad For You

How to optimize your Apache Solr index by merging segments to prevent wasted space caused by deleted documents. For Apache Solr 7.4 and earlier.

Streaming Expressions in SolrJ

Here at Lucidworks we recently had an "exciting" adventure. A client wanted to access Streaming Expression functionality through SolrJ. This...

Quantifying Performance Gains When Batching Indexing Updates to Solr

Batching when indexing is good: For quite some time it's been part of the lore that one should batch updates when...

Content Management Solr Blog

Understanding Transaction Logs, Soft Commit and Commit In SolrCloud

The difference between Apache Solr's hard and soft commits and when to use each - including using openSearcher option for hard commits.

End-to-end Payload Example in Solr

Note: This example and solution presented below is no longer necessary in most cases. If you’re using Solr 6.6 or...

UpdateRequestProcessors, Transforming Data Entering Solr

Update processors have been around for a long time, but they don't seem to have garnered much attention. This post...

Memory comparisons between Solr 3x and trunk

Or, "Trunk can use about 1/3 of the memory required by 3.x" Please note that these tests were created with...