Solr Installation & Configuration Guide
Having inherited a badly set-up and configured Solr set-up , and tried to tame it - its painfully obvious that what is needed is to bin it and start again.
Before I go any further - If you are new to this area , and looking for a search engine to use for your site do not choose Solr without taking a really good look at Sphinx (http://sphinxsearch.com/) ; In my experience its much more lightweight and easier to get to grips and doesnt have the high overheads of Java. Its a neat, fast 'C' based application with great interfaces for PHP, Ruby and friends. If i had a choice i probably wouldnt have chosen Solr for the project which I have inherited - it adds too many layers of complexity to an already complex web application running on a completely different set of technologies. Sphinx does most of what can be done with Solr so make sure know what features you will actually need and which wont be needed.
If you are experiencing performance issues and Solr is running like a dog maybe this will
be a useful point of reference for you.
Having read the "7 deadly sins of Solr"
Im going to start off by upgrading our aging Solr Search server to a newer version, then take a real, hard look at all those configuration options and see whats going wrong.
Follow these posts they might be of assistance to you.
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