Where and how Solr stores its indexes are configurable options.
Specifying a Location for Index Data with the dataDir Parameter
By default, Solr stores its index data in a directory called /data under the core’s instance directory (instanceDir). If you would like to specify a different directory for storing index data, you can configure the dataDir in the core.properties file for the core, or use the <dataDir> parameter in the solrconfig.xml file. You can specify another directory either with an absolute path or a pathname relative to the instanceDir of the SolrCore. For example:
<dataDir>/solr/data/${solr.core.name}</dataDir>The ${solr.core.name} substitution will cause the name of the current core to be substituted, which results in each core’s data being kept in a separate subdirectory.
If you are using replication to replicate the Solr index (as described in Legacy Scaling and Distribution), then the <dataDir> directory should correspond to the index directory used in the replication configuration.
If the environment variable SOLR_DATA_HOME is defined, or if solr.data.home is configured for your DirectoryFactory, or if solr.xml contains an
element <solrDataHome> then the location of data directory will be <SOLR_DATA_HOME>/<instance_name>/data.
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Specifying the DirectoryFactory For Your Index
The default solr.NRTCachingDirectoryFactory is filesystem based, and tries to pick the best implementation for the current JVM and platform. You can force a particular implementation and/or config options by specifying solr.MMapDirectoryFactory, solr.NIOFSDirectoryFactory, or solr.SimpleFSDirectoryFactory.
<directoryFactory name="DirectoryFactory"
class="solr.MMapDirectoryFactory">
<bool name="preload">true</bool>
</directoryFactory>The solr.RAMDirectoryFactory is memory based, not persistent, and does not work with replication. Use this DirectoryFactory to store your index in RAM.
<directoryFactory class="org.apache.solr.core.RAMDirectoryFactory"/>|
If you are using Hadoop and would like to store your indexes in HDFS, you should use the |
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