Scaling Apache Solr [Paperback]

Optimize your searches using high-performance enterprise search repositories with Apache Solr

Overview

• Get an introduction to the basics of Apache Solr in a step-by-step manner with lots of examples
• Develop and understand the workings of enterprise search solution using various techniques and real-life use cases
• Gain a practical insight into the advanced ways of optimizing and making an enterprise search solution cloud ready

In Detail

This book is for individuals who want to build high-performance, scalable, enterprise-ready search engines for their customers/organizations. The book starts with the basics of Apache Solr, covering different ways to analyze enterprise information and design enterprise-ready search engines using Solr. It also discusses scaling Solr-based enterprise search for the next level.

Each chapter takes you through more advanced levels of Apache Solr with real-world practical details such as configuring instances, installing and setting up instances, and more. This book contains detailed explanations of the basic and advanced features of Apache Solr.

By sequentially working through the steps in each chapter and with the help of real-life industry examples, you will quickly master the features of Apache Solr to build search solutions for enterprises.

What you will learn from this book

• Gain a complete understanding of Apache Solr and its ecosystem
• Develop scalable, high-performance search applications using Apache Solr
• Customize Apache-Solr-based search for different requirements
• Discover different techniques to build high-speed enterprise searches
• Design enterprise-ready search engines and implement a scalable enterprise search functionality
• Integrate an Apache-Solr-based search with different subsystems and legacy systems
• Scale Apache Solr through sharding, replication, and faul3½