Solr index “commit” events are a necessary evil that often get out of hand. A commit involves writing a segment file to the disk (which can trigger segment sorting and… Continue reading Taming Commits
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Solr 8.x End-of-Life and Sitecore
Some of our SearchStax Managed Search service clients have expressed concern about Solr/Sitecore compatibility due to two factors: What action should operators of Sitecore/Solr/SearchStax systems take in the face of… Continue reading Solr 8.x End-of-Life and Sitecore
Optimizing the xConnect Search Service
SearchStax Managed Search service clients often ask us about optimizing the Sitecore xDB index. Sitecore offers a page of advice about optimizing search and indexing of your xDB index. https://support.sitecore.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0671173… Continue reading Optimizing the xConnect Search Service
Lowering &rows=1000000
SearchStax Managed Search service clients often ask us how to optimize Solr queries. A Solr /select query has an optional &rows parameter that tells the Solr responseHandler how many documents… Continue reading Lowering &rows=1000000
Can we use SwitchOnRebuild with SearchStax?
SearchStax Managed Search service users sometimes ask about using Sitecore’s “Switch on Rebuild” feature. This uses a secondary core which can be read while the primary core is being rebuilt.… Continue reading Can we use SwitchOnRebuild with SearchStax?
Unpublish/Delete Fails to Remove Item from Sitecore Index
When SearchStax Managed Search service clients use Sitecore 10.0 or an older version, they sometimes face a problem when trying to unpublish an item from the web database or even… Continue reading Unpublish/Delete Fails to Remove Item from Sitecore Index
What is a Collection/ Core/ Shard/ Replica? What is HA/ FT/ DR?
SearchStax Managed Search service is a fully-managed hosted Solr SaaS solution that automates, manages and scales Solr infrastructure. Here is a short glossary to help you understand the components of… Continue reading What is a Collection/ Core/ Shard/ Replica? What is HA/ FT/ DR?
Optimize Solr Performance
If your SearchStax Managed Search service Solr system has low performance, out-of-memory errors, or frequent issues with replicas falling into recovery mode, then be sure to read the following helpful… Continue reading Optimize Solr Performance
Why is the Config API disabled?
SearchStax Managed Search service users sometimes discover that the Config API feature has been disabled in their Managed Search deployments by the Solr system property disable.configEdit=true. (It has no effect… Continue reading Why is the Config API disabled?
Why is the Configset API Disabled?
Users of Solr versions 6.6.0 to 8.6.2 sometimes discover that the Solr Configsets API feature has been disabled in their SearchStax Managed Search service deployments by the system property configset.upload.enabled=false.… Continue reading Why is the Configset API Disabled?