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Posted to commits@lucene.apache.org by ab...@apache.org on 2018/06/07 21:15:14 UTC

lucene-solr:branch_7x: SOLR-12438: Improve status reporting of metrics history API.

Repository: lucene-solr
Updated Branches:
  refs/heads/branch_7x c01287d7b -> 87c23545a


SOLR-12438: Improve status reporting of metrics history API.


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr/commit/87c23545
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr/tree/87c23545
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr/diff/87c23545

Branch: refs/heads/branch_7x
Commit: 87c23545a103d16aff19b3623b3985ae9b63a870
Parents: c01287d
Author: Andrzej Bialecki <ab...@apache.org>
Authored: Thu Jun 7 21:23:55 2018 +0200
Committer: Andrzej Bialecki <ab...@apache.org>
Committed: Thu Jun 7 22:29:46 2018 +0200

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 solr/CHANGES.txt                                |   2 +-
 .../org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java     |  74 +++-
 .../handler/admin/MetricsHistoryHandler.java    | 290 +++++++++-----
 .../apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackend.java |  30 +-
 .../solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackendFactory.java |  76 ++--
 .../cloud/MetricsHistoryIntegrationTest.java    |   9 +-
 .../cloud/autoscaling/sim/SimCloudManager.java  |   1 +
 .../admin/MetricsHistoryHandlerTest.java        |   9 +-
 .../metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackendFactoryTest.java  |  16 +-
 solr/solr-ref-guide/src/metrics-history.adoc    | 382 +++++++++++--------
 10 files changed, 577 insertions(+), 312 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr/blob/87c23545/solr/CHANGES.txt
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diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 5f00b36..82e6cff 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ New Features
 * SOLR-12328: JSON Facet API: Domain change with graph query.
   (Daniel Meehl, Kevin Watters, yonik)
 
-* SOLR-11779: Basic long-term collection of aggregated metrics. Historical data is
+* SOLR-11779, SOLR-12438: Basic long-term collection of aggregated metrics. Historical data is
   maintained as multi-resolution time series using round-robin databases in the '.system'
   collection. New /admin/metrics/history API allows retrieval of this data in numeric
   or graph formats. (ab)

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr/blob/87c23545/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
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diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
index ec701c4..87ebea1 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ import org.apache.http.client.CredentialsProvider;
 import org.apache.http.config.Lookup;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.CorruptIndexException;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrClient;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.cloud.SolrCloudManager;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.embedded.EmbeddedSolrServer;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.CloudSolrClient;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpClientUtil;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.SolrHttpClientBuilder;
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ import org.apache.solr.common.SolrException.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.solr.common.cloud.DocCollection;
 import org.apache.solr.common.cloud.Replica;
 import org.apache.solr.common.cloud.Replica.State;
+import org.apache.solr.common.params.CollectionAdminParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.ExecutorUtil;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.Utils;
@@ -566,21 +571,7 @@ public class CoreContainer {
     containerHandlers.put(METRICS_PATH, metricsHandler);
     metricsHandler.initializeMetrics(metricManager, SolrInfoBean.Group.node.toString(), metricTag, METRICS_PATH);
 
-    if (isZooKeeperAware()) {
-      PluginInfo plugin = cfg.getMetricsConfig().getHistoryHandler();
-      Map<String, Object> initArgs;
-      if (plugin != null && plugin.initArgs != null) {
-        initArgs = plugin.initArgs.asMap(5);
-        initArgs.put(MetricsHistoryHandler.ENABLE_PROP, plugin.isEnabled());
-      } else {
-        initArgs = Collections.emptyMap();
-      }
-      metricsHistoryHandler = new MetricsHistoryHandler(getZkController().getNodeName(), metricsHandler,
-          new CloudSolrClient.Builder(Collections.singletonList(getZkController().getZkServerAddress()), Optional.empty())
-      .withHttpClient(updateShardHandler.getDefaultHttpClient()).build(), getZkController().getSolrCloudManager(), initArgs);
-      containerHandlers.put(METRICS_HISTORY_PATH, metricsHistoryHandler);
-      metricsHistoryHandler.initializeMetrics(metricManager, SolrInfoBean.Group.node.toString(), metricTag, METRICS_HISTORY_PATH);
-    }
+    createMetricsHistoryHandler();
 
     autoscalingHistoryHandler = createHandler(AUTOSCALING_HISTORY_PATH, AutoscalingHistoryHandler.class.getName(), AutoscalingHistoryHandler.class);
     metricsCollectorHandler = createHandler(MetricsCollectorHandler.HANDLER_PATH, MetricsCollectorHandler.class.getName(), MetricsCollectorHandler.class);
@@ -743,6 +734,49 @@ public class CoreContainer {
     status |= LOAD_COMPLETE | INITIAL_CORE_LOAD_COMPLETE;
   }
 
+  // MetricsHistoryHandler supports both cloud and standalone configs
+  private void createMetricsHistoryHandler() {
+    PluginInfo plugin = cfg.getMetricsConfig().getHistoryHandler();
+    Map<String, Object> initArgs;
+    if (plugin != null && plugin.initArgs != null) {
+      initArgs = plugin.initArgs.asMap(5);
+      initArgs.put(MetricsHistoryHandler.ENABLE_PROP, plugin.isEnabled());
+    } else {
+      initArgs = new HashMap<>();
+    }
+    String name;
+    SolrCloudManager cloudManager;
+    SolrClient client;
+    if (isZooKeeperAware()) {
+      name = getZkController().getNodeName();
+      cloudManager = getZkController().getSolrCloudManager();
+      client = new CloudSolrClient.Builder(Collections.singletonList(getZkController().getZkServerAddress()), Optional.empty())
+          .withHttpClient(updateShardHandler.getDefaultHttpClient()).build();
+    } else {
+      name = getNodeConfig().getNodeName();
+      if (name == null || name.isEmpty()) {
+        name = "localhost";
+      }
+      cloudManager = null;
+      client = new EmbeddedSolrServer(this, CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL) {
+        @Override
+        public void close() throws IOException {
+          // do nothing - we close the container ourselves
+        }
+      };
+      // enable local metrics unless specifically set otherwise
+      if (!initArgs.containsKey(MetricsHistoryHandler.ENABLE_NODES_PROP)) {
+        initArgs.put(MetricsHistoryHandler.ENABLE_NODES_PROP, true);
+      }
+      if (!initArgs.containsKey(MetricsHistoryHandler.ENABLE_REPLICAS_PROP)) {
+        initArgs.put(MetricsHistoryHandler.ENABLE_REPLICAS_PROP, true);
+      }
+    }
+    metricsHistoryHandler = new MetricsHistoryHandler(name, metricsHandler,
+        client, cloudManager, initArgs);
+    containerHandlers.put(METRICS_HISTORY_PATH, metricsHistoryHandler);
+    metricsHistoryHandler.initializeMetrics(metricManager, SolrInfoBean.Group.node.toString(), metricTag, METRICS_HISTORY_PATH);
+  }
 
   public void securityNodeChanged() {
     log.info("Security node changed, reloading security.json");
@@ -787,6 +821,12 @@ public class CoreContainer {
 
     ExecutorUtil.shutdownAndAwaitTermination(coreContainerWorkExecutor);
     replayUpdatesExecutor.shutdownAndAwaitTermination();
+
+    if (metricsHistoryHandler != null) {
+      IOUtils.closeQuietly(metricsHistoryHandler.getSolrClient());
+      metricsHistoryHandler.close();
+    }
+
     if (metricManager != null) {
       metricManager.closeReporters(SolrMetricManager.getRegistryName(SolrInfoBean.Group.node));
       metricManager.closeReporters(SolrMetricManager.getRegistryName(SolrInfoBean.Group.jvm));
@@ -805,10 +845,6 @@ public class CoreContainer {
       } catch (Exception e) {
         log.warn("Error removing live node. Continuing to close CoreContainer", e);
       }
-      if (metricsHistoryHandler != null) {
-        IOUtils.closeQuietly(metricsHistoryHandler.getSolrClient());
-        metricsHistoryHandler.close();
-      }
       if (metricManager != null) {
         metricManager.closeReporters(SolrMetricManager.getRegistryName(SolrInfoBean.Group.cluster));
       }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr/blob/87c23545/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/MetricsHistoryHandler.java
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diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/MetricsHistoryHandler.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/MetricsHistoryHandler.java
index 3d48680..03b545f 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/MetricsHistoryHandler.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/MetricsHistoryHandler.java
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ package org.apache.solr.handler.admin;
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -45,17 +48,21 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.DoubleAdder;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.solr.api.Api;
 import org.apache.solr.api.ApiBag;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrClient;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrQuery;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrRequest;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.cloud.NodeStateProvider;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.cloud.SolrCloudManager;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.cloud.autoscaling.ReplicaInfo;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.cloud.autoscaling.Suggestion;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.cloud.autoscaling.VersionedData;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpClientUtil;
 import org.apache.solr.cloud.Overseer;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrException;
 import org.apache.solr.common.cloud.ClusterState;
@@ -68,9 +75,12 @@ import org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.ModifiableSolrParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.SolrParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.Base64;
+import org.apache.solr.common.util.JavaBinCodec;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.NamedList;
+import org.apache.solr.common.util.Pair;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.SimpleOrderedMap;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.TimeSource;
+import org.apache.solr.common.util.Utils;
 import org.apache.solr.handler.RequestHandlerBase;
 import org.apache.solr.metrics.SolrMetricManager;
 import org.apache.solr.metrics.rrd.SolrRrdBackendFactory;
@@ -105,30 +115,32 @@ import static org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams.ID;
 public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements PermissionNameProvider, Closeable {
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());
 
-  public static final List<String> DEFAULT_CORE_COUNTERS = new ArrayList<String>() {{
-    add("QUERY./select.requests");
-    add("UPDATE./update.requests");
-  }};
-  public static final List<String> DEFAULT_CORE_GAUGES = new ArrayList<String>() {{
-    add("INDEX.sizeInBytes");
-  }};
-  public static final List<String> DEFAULT_NODE_GAUGES = new ArrayList<String>() {{
-    add("CONTAINER.fs.coreRoot.usableSpace");
-  }};
-  public static final List<String> DEFAULT_JVM_GAUGES = new ArrayList<String>() {{
-    add("memory.heap.used");
-    add("os.processCpuLoad");
-    add("os.systemLoadAverage");
-  }};
+  public static final List<String> DEFAULT_CORE_COUNTERS = new ArrayList<>();
+  public static final List<String> DEFAULT_CORE_GAUGES = new ArrayList<>();
+  public static final List<String> DEFAULT_NODE_GAUGES = new ArrayList<>();
+  public static final List<String> DEFAULT_JVM_GAUGES = new ArrayList<>();
 
   public static final String NUM_SHARDS_KEY = "numShards";
   public static final String NUM_REPLICAS_KEY = "numReplicas";
   public static final String NUM_NODES_KEY = "numNodes";
 
-  public static final List<String> DEFAULT_COLLECTION_GAUGES = new ArrayList<String>() {{
-    add(NUM_SHARDS_KEY);
-    add(NUM_REPLICAS_KEY);
-  }};
+  public static final List<String> DEFAULT_COLLECTION_GAUGES = new ArrayList<>();
+
+  static {
+    DEFAULT_JVM_GAUGES.add("memory.heap.used");
+    DEFAULT_JVM_GAUGES.add("os.processCpuLoad");
+    DEFAULT_JVM_GAUGES.add("os.systemLoadAverage");
+
+    DEFAULT_NODE_GAUGES.add("CONTAINER.fs.coreRoot.usableSpace");
+
+    DEFAULT_CORE_GAUGES.add("INDEX.sizeInBytes");
+
+    DEFAULT_CORE_COUNTERS.add("QUERY./select.requests");
+    DEFAULT_CORE_COUNTERS.add("UPDATE./update.requests");
+
+    DEFAULT_COLLECTION_GAUGES.add(NUM_SHARDS_KEY);
+    DEFAULT_COLLECTION_GAUGES.add(NUM_REPLICAS_KEY);
+  }
 
   public static final String COLLECT_PERIOD_PROP = "collectPeriod";
   public static final String SYNC_PERIOD_PROP = "syncPeriod";
@@ -148,6 +160,7 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements Permiss
   private final int collectPeriod;
   private final Map<String, List<String>> counters = new HashMap<>();
   private final Map<String, List<String>> gauges = new HashMap<>();
+  private final String overseerUrlScheme;
 
   private final Map<String, RrdDb> knownDbs = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
@@ -166,11 +179,17 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements Permiss
     if (pluginArgs != null) {
       args.putAll(pluginArgs);
     }
-    // override from ZK
-    Map<String, Object> props = (Map<String, Object>)cloudManager.getClusterStateProvider()
-        .getClusterProperty("metrics", Collections.emptyMap())
-        .getOrDefault("history", Collections.emptyMap());
-    args.putAll(props);
+    // override from ZK if available
+    if (cloudManager != null) {
+      Map<String, Object> props = (Map<String, Object>)cloudManager.getClusterStateProvider()
+          .getClusterProperty("metrics", Collections.emptyMap())
+          .getOrDefault("history", Collections.emptyMap());
+      args.putAll(props);
+
+      overseerUrlScheme = cloudManager.getClusterStateProvider().getClusterProperty("urlScheme", "http");
+    } else {
+      overseerUrlScheme = "http";
+    }
 
     this.nodeName = nodeName;
     this.enable = Boolean.parseBoolean(String.valueOf(args.getOrDefault(ENABLE_PROP, "true")));
@@ -180,12 +199,12 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements Permiss
     this.collectPeriod = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(args.getOrDefault(COLLECT_PERIOD_PROP, DEFAULT_COLLECT_PERIOD)));
     int syncPeriod = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(args.getOrDefault(SYNC_PERIOD_PROP, SolrRrdBackendFactory.DEFAULT_SYNC_PERIOD)));
 
-    factory = new SolrRrdBackendFactory(solrClient, CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL,
-            syncPeriod, cloudManager.getTimeSource());
     this.solrClient = solrClient;
     this.metricsHandler = metricsHandler;
     this.cloudManager = cloudManager;
-    this.timeSource = cloudManager.getTimeSource();
+    this.timeSource = cloudManager != null ? cloudManager.getTimeSource() : TimeSource.NANO_TIME;
+    factory = new SolrRrdBackendFactory(solrClient, CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL,
+            syncPeriod, this.timeSource);
 
     counters.put(Group.core.toString(), DEFAULT_CORE_COUNTERS);
     counters.put(Group.node.toString(), Collections.emptyList());
@@ -217,43 +236,60 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements Permiss
     }
   }
 
+  // check that .system exists
   public void checkSystemCollection() {
-    // check that .system exists
-    try {
-      if (cloudManager.isClosed() || Thread.interrupted()) {
+    if (cloudManager != null) {
+      try {
+        if (cloudManager.isClosed() || Thread.interrupted()) {
+          factory.setPersistent(false);
+          return;
+        }
+        ClusterState clusterState = cloudManager.getClusterStateProvider().getClusterState();
+        DocCollection systemColl = clusterState.getCollectionOrNull(CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL);
+        if (systemColl == null) {
+          if (logMissingCollection) {
+            log.warn("Missing " + CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL + ", keeping metrics history in memory");
+            logMissingCollection = false;
+          }
+          factory.setPersistent(false);
+          return;
+        } else {
+          boolean ready = false;
+          for (Replica r : systemColl.getReplicas()) {
+            if (r.isActive(clusterState.getLiveNodes())) {
+              ready = true;
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+          if (!ready) {
+            log.debug(CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL + " not ready yet, keeping metrics history in memory");
+            factory.setPersistent(false);
+            return;
+          }
+        }
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        if (logMissingCollection) {
+          log.warn("Error getting cluster state, keeping metrics history in memory", e);
+        }
+        logMissingCollection = false;
         factory.setPersistent(false);
         return;
       }
-      ClusterState clusterState = cloudManager.getClusterStateProvider().getClusterState();
-      DocCollection systemColl = clusterState.getCollectionOrNull(CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL);
-      if (systemColl == null) {
+      logMissingCollection = true;
+      factory.setPersistent(true);
+    } else {
+      try {
+        solrClient.query(CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL, new SolrQuery(CommonParams.Q, "*:*", CommonParams.ROWS, "0"));
+        factory.setPersistent(true);
+        logMissingCollection = true;
+      } catch (Exception e) {
         if (logMissingCollection) {
-          log.warn("Missing " + CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL + ", keeping metrics history in memory");
-          logMissingCollection = false;
+          log.warn("Error querying .system collection, keeping metrics history in memory", e);
         }
+        logMissingCollection = false;
         factory.setPersistent(false);
-        return;
-      } else {
-        boolean ready = false;
-        for (Replica r : systemColl.getReplicas()) {
-          if (r.isActive(clusterState.getLiveNodes())) {
-            ready = true;
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-        if (!ready) {
-          log.debug(CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL + " not ready yet, keeping metrics history in memory");
-          factory.setPersistent(false);
-          return;
-        }
       }
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      log.warn("Error getting cluster state, keeping metrics history in memory", e);
-      factory.setPersistent(false);
-      return;
     }
-    logMissingCollection = true;
-    factory.setPersistent(true);
   }
 
   public SolrClient getSolrClient() {
@@ -271,7 +307,11 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements Permiss
     return factory;
   }
 
-  private boolean isOverseerLeader() {
+  private String getOverseerLeader() {
+    // non-ZK node has no Overseer
+    if (cloudManager == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     ZkNodeProps props = null;
     try {
       VersionedData data = cloudManager.getDistribStateManager().getData(
@@ -281,24 +321,39 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements Permiss
       }
     } catch (KeeperException | IOException | NoSuchElementException e) {
       log.warn("Could not obtain overseer's address, skipping.", e);
-      return false;
+      return null;
     } catch (InterruptedException e) {
       Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-      return false;
+      return null;
     }
     if (props == null) {
-      return false;
+      return null;
     }
     String oid = props.getStr(ID);
     if (oid == null) {
-      return false;
+      return null;
     }
     String[] ids = oid.split("-");
     if (ids.length != 3) { // unknown format
       log.warn("Unknown format of leader id, skipping: " + oid);
+      return null;
+    }
+    return ids[1];
+  }
+
+  private boolean amIOverseerLeader() {
+    return amIOverseerLeader(null);
+  }
+
+  private boolean amIOverseerLeader(String leader) {
+    if (leader == null) {
+      leader = getOverseerLeader();
+    }
+    if (leader == null) {
       return false;
+    } else {
+      return nodeName.equals(leader);
     }
-    return nodeName.equals(ids[1]);
   }
 
   private void collectMetrics() {
@@ -383,7 +438,7 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements Permiss
   }
 
   private void collectGlobalMetrics() {
-    if (!isOverseerLeader()) {
+    if (!amIOverseerLeader()) {
       return;
     }
     Set<String> nodes = new HashSet<>(cloudManager.getClusterStateProvider().getLiveNodes());
@@ -640,11 +695,19 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements Permiss
     if (cmd == null) {
       throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.BAD_REQUEST, "unknown 'action' param '" + actionStr + "', supported actions: " + Cmd.actions);
     }
-    Object res = null;
+    final SimpleOrderedMap<Object> res = new SimpleOrderedMap<>();
+    rsp.add("metrics", res);
     switch (cmd) {
       case LIST:
         int rows = req.getParams().getInt(CommonParams.ROWS, SolrRrdBackendFactory.DEFAULT_MAX_DBS);
-        res = factory.list(rows);
+        List<Pair<String, Long>> lst = factory.list(rows);
+        lst.forEach(p -> {
+          SimpleOrderedMap<Object> data = new SimpleOrderedMap<>();
+          // RrdDb always uses seconds - convert here for compatibility
+          data.add("lastModified", TimeUnit.SECONDS.convert(p.second(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
+          data.add("node", nodeName);
+          res.add(p.first(), data);
+        });
         break;
       case GET:
         String name = req.getParams().get(CommonParams.NAME);
@@ -657,15 +720,14 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements Permiss
         if (format == null) {
           throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.BAD_REQUEST, "unknown 'format' param '" + formatStr + "', supported formats: " + Format.formats);
         }
-        if (!factory.exists(name)) {
-          rsp.add("error", "'" + name + "' doesn't exist");
-        } else {
+        if (factory.exists(name)) {
           // get a throwaway copy (safe to close and discard)
           RrdDb db = new RrdDb(URI_PREFIX + name, true, factory);
-          res = new NamedList<>();
-          NamedList<Object> data = new NamedList<>();
+          SimpleOrderedMap<Object> data = new SimpleOrderedMap<>();
           data.add("data", getDbData(db, dsNames, format, req.getParams()));
-          ((NamedList)res).add(name, data);
+          data.add("lastModified", db.getLastUpdateTime());
+          data.add("node", nodeName);
+          res.add(name, data);
           db.close();
         }
         break;
@@ -674,17 +736,14 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements Permiss
         if (name == null) {
           throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.BAD_REQUEST, "'name' is a required param");
         }
-        if (!factory.exists(name)) {
-          rsp.add("error", "'" + name + "' doesn't exist");
-        } else {
+        if (factory.exists(name)) {
           // get a throwaway copy (safe to close and discard)
           RrdDb db = new RrdDb(URI_PREFIX + name, true, factory);
-          NamedList<Object> map = new NamedList<>();
-          NamedList<Object> status = new NamedList<>();
+          SimpleOrderedMap<Object> status = new SimpleOrderedMap<>();
           status.add("status", getDbStatus(db));
-          map.add(name, status);
+          status.add("node", nodeName);
+          res.add(name, status);
           db.close();
-          res = map;
         }
         break;
       case DELETE:
@@ -700,11 +759,63 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements Permiss
         rsp.add("success", "ok");
         break;
     }
-    if (res != null) {
-      rsp.add("metrics", res);
+    // when using in-memory DBs non-overseer node has no access to overseer DBs - in this case
+    // forward the request to Overseer leader if available
+    if (!factory.isPersistent()) {
+      String leader = getOverseerLeader();
+      if (leader != null && !amIOverseerLeader(leader)) {
+        // get & merge remote response
+        NamedList<Object> remoteRes = handleRemoteRequest(leader, req);
+        mergeRemoteRes(rsp, remoteRes);
+      }
+    }
+    SimpleOrderedMap<Object> apiState = new SimpleOrderedMap<>();
+    apiState.add("enableReplicas", enableReplicas);
+    apiState.add("enableNodes", enableNodes);
+    apiState.add("mode", enable ? (factory.isPersistent() ? "index" : "memory") : "inactive");
+    if (!factory.isPersistent()) {
+      apiState.add("message", "WARNING: metrics history is not being persisted. Create .system collection to start persisting history.");
+    }
+    rsp.add("state", apiState);
+    rsp.getResponseHeader().add("zkConnected", cloudManager != null);
+  }
+
+  private NamedList<Object> handleRemoteRequest(String nodeName, SolrQueryRequest req) {
+    String baseUrl = Utils.getBaseUrlForNodeName(nodeName, overseerUrlScheme);
+    String url;
+    try {
+      URL u = new URL(baseUrl);
+      u = new URL(u.getProtocol(), u.getHost(), u.getPort(), "/api/cluster/metrics/history");
+      url = u.toString();
+    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+      log.warn("Invalid Overseer url '" + baseUrl + "', unable to fetch remote metrics history", e);
+      return null;
+    }
+    // always use javabin
+    ModifiableSolrParams params = new ModifiableSolrParams(req.getParams());
+    params.set(CommonParams.WT, "javabin");
+    url = url + "?" + params.toString();
+    try {
+      byte[] data = cloudManager.httpRequest(url, SolrRequest.METHOD.GET, null, null, HttpClientUtil.DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, true);
+      // response is always a NamedList
+      try (JavaBinCodec codec = new JavaBinCodec()) {
+        return (NamedList<Object>)codec.unmarshal(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      log.warn("Exception forwarding request to Overseer at " + url, e);
+      return null;
     }
   }
 
+  private void mergeRemoteRes(SolrQueryResponse rsp, NamedList<Object> remoteRes) {
+    if (remoteRes == null || remoteRes.get("metrics") == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    NamedList<Object> remoteMetrics = (NamedList<Object>)remoteRes.get("metrics");
+    SimpleOrderedMap localMetrics = (SimpleOrderedMap) rsp.getValues().get("metrics");
+    remoteMetrics.forEach((k, v) -> localMetrics.add(k, v));
+  }
+
   private NamedList<Object> getDbStatus(RrdDb db) throws IOException {
     NamedList<Object> res = new SimpleOrderedMap<>();
     res.add("lastModified", db.getLastUpdateTime());
@@ -750,7 +861,7 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements Permiss
     RrdDef def = db.getRrdDef();
     ArcDef[] arcDefs = def.getArcDefs();
     for (ArcDef arcDef : arcDefs) {
-      SimpleOrderedMap map = new SimpleOrderedMap();
+      SimpleOrderedMap<Object> map = new SimpleOrderedMap<>();
       res.add(arcDef.dump(), map);
       Archive a = db.getArchive(arcDef.getConsolFun(), arcDef.getSteps());
       // startTime / endTime, arcStep are in seconds
@@ -761,22 +872,21 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements Permiss
       if (format != Format.GRAPH) {
         // add timestamps separately from values
         long[] timestamps = fd.getTimestamps();
-        str.setLength(0);
-        for (int i = 0; i < timestamps.length; i++) {
-          if (format == Format.LIST) {
-            map.add("timestamps", timestamps[i]);
-          } else {
+        if (format == Format.LIST) {
+          // Arrays.asList works only on arrays of Objects
+          map.add("timestamps", Arrays.stream(timestamps).boxed().collect(Collectors.toList()));
+        } else {
+          str.setLength(0);
+          for (int i = 0; i < timestamps.length; i++) {
             if (i > 0) {
               str.append('\n');
             }
             str.append(String.valueOf(timestamps[i]));
           }
-        }
-        if (format == Format.STRING) {
           map.add("timestamps", str.toString());
         }
       }
-      SimpleOrderedMap values = new SimpleOrderedMap();
+      SimpleOrderedMap<Object> values = new SimpleOrderedMap<>();
       map.add("values", values);
       for (String name : dsNames) {
         double[] vals = fd.getValues(name);
@@ -825,9 +935,7 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements Permiss
             values.add(name, str.toString());
             break;
           case LIST:
-            for (int i = 0; i < vals.length; i++) {
-              values.add(name, vals[i]);
-            }
+            values.add(name, Arrays.stream(vals).boxed().collect(Collectors.toList()));
             break;
         }
       }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr/blob/87c23545/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackend.java
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diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackend.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackend.java
index 956aabb..d0aa3e2 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackend.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackend.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.solr.metrics.rrd;
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 
 import org.rrd4j.core.RrdByteArrayBackend;
@@ -36,14 +37,27 @@ public class SolrRrdBackend extends RrdByteArrayBackend implements Closeable {
   private final ReentrantLock lock = new ReentrantLock();
   private volatile boolean dirty = false;
   private volatile boolean closed = false;
+  private volatile long lastModifiedTime;
+
+  public static final class SyncData {
+    public byte[] data;
+    public long timestamp;
+
+    public SyncData(byte[] data, long timestamp) {
+      this.data = data;
+      this.timestamp = timestamp;
+    }
+  }
 
   public SolrRrdBackend(String path, boolean readOnly, SolrRrdBackendFactory factory) {
     super(path);
     this.factory = factory;
+    this.lastModifiedTime = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(factory.getTimeSource().getEpochTimeNs(), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
     try {
-      byte[] data = factory.getData(path);
-      if (data != null) {
-        this.buffer = data;
+      SyncData syncData = factory.getData(path);
+      if (syncData != null) {
+        this.buffer = syncData.data;
+        this.lastModifiedTime = syncData.timestamp;
       }
     } catch (IOException e) {
       log.warn("Exception retrieving data from " + path + ", store will be readOnly", e);
@@ -60,6 +74,7 @@ public class SolrRrdBackend extends RrdByteArrayBackend implements Closeable {
     super(other.getPath());
     readOnly = true;
     factory = null;
+    this.lastModifiedTime = other.lastModifiedTime;
     byte[] otherBuffer = other.buffer;
     buffer = new byte[otherBuffer.length];
     System.arraycopy(otherBuffer, 0, buffer, 0, otherBuffer.length);
@@ -69,6 +84,10 @@ public class SolrRrdBackend extends RrdByteArrayBackend implements Closeable {
     return readOnly;
   }
 
+  public long getLastModifiedTime() {
+    return lastModifiedTime;
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected void write(long offset, byte[] bytes) throws IOException {
     if (readOnly || closed) {
@@ -77,13 +96,14 @@ public class SolrRrdBackend extends RrdByteArrayBackend implements Closeable {
     lock.lock();
     try {
       super.write(offset, bytes);
+      lastModifiedTime = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(factory.getTimeSource().getEpochTimeNs(), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
       dirty = true;
     } finally {
       lock.unlock();
     }
   }
 
-  public byte[] getSyncData() {
+  public SyncData getSyncData() {
     if (readOnly || closed) {
       return null;
     }
@@ -95,7 +115,7 @@ public class SolrRrdBackend extends RrdByteArrayBackend implements Closeable {
     try {
       byte[] bufferCopy = new byte[buffer.length];
       System.arraycopy(buffer, 0, bufferCopy, 0, buffer.length);
-      return bufferCopy;
+      return new SyncData(bufferCopy, lastModifiedTime);
     } finally {
       lock.unlock();
     }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr/blob/87c23545/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackendFactory.java
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diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackendFactory.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackendFactory.java
index 06ab5fe..a3c6f64 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackendFactory.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackendFactory.java
@@ -22,14 +22,12 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor;
@@ -47,6 +45,7 @@ import org.apache.solr.common.params.CollectionAdminParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.ModifiableSolrParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.solr.common.util.Pair;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.TimeSource;
 import org.apache.solr.util.DefaultSolrThreadFactory;
 import org.rrd4j.core.RrdBackend;
@@ -114,6 +113,10 @@ public class SolrRrdBackendFactory extends RrdBackendFactory implements SolrClos
         TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
   }
 
+  public TimeSource getTimeSource() {
+    return timeSource;
+  }
+
   private void ensureOpen() throws IOException {
     if (closed) {
       throw new IOException("Factory already closed");
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ public class SolrRrdBackendFactory extends RrdBackendFactory implements SolrClos
     }
   }
 
-  byte[] getData(String path) throws IOException {
+  SolrRrdBackend.SyncData getData(String path) throws IOException {
     if (!persistent) {
       return null;
     }
@@ -203,7 +206,8 @@ public class SolrRrdBackendFactory extends RrdBackendFactory implements SolrClos
         return null;
       }
       if (o instanceof byte[]) {
-        return (byte[])o;
+        Long time = (Long)doc.getFieldValue("timestamp_l");
+        return new SolrRrdBackend.SyncData((byte[])o, time);
       } else {
         throw new SolrServerException("Unexpected value of '" + DATA_FIELD + "' field: " + o.getClass().getName() + ": " + o);
       }
@@ -216,34 +220,58 @@ public class SolrRrdBackendFactory extends RrdBackendFactory implements SolrClos
     backends.remove(path);
   }
 
+  private static final class DbComparator implements Comparator<Pair<String, Long>> {
+    static final DbComparator INSTANCE = new DbComparator();
+
+    @Override
+    public int compare(Pair<String, Long> o1, Pair<String, Long> o2) {
+      return o1.first().compareTo(o2.first());
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * List all available databases created by this node name
    * @param maxLength maximum number of results to return
-   * @return list of database names, or empty
+   * @return list of database names and their last update times, or empty
    * @throws IOException on server errors
    */
-  public List<String> list(int maxLength) throws IOException {
-    Set<String> names = new HashSet<>();
+  public List<Pair<String, Long>> list(int maxLength) throws IOException {
+    Map<String, Pair<String, Long>> byName = new HashMap<>();
     if (persistent) {
       try {
         ModifiableSolrParams params = new ModifiableSolrParams();
         params.add(CommonParams.Q, "*:*");
         params.add(CommonParams.FQ, CommonParams.TYPE + ":" + DOC_TYPE);
-        params.add(CommonParams.FL, "id");
+        params.add(CommonParams.FL, "id,timestamp_l");
         params.add(CommonParams.ROWS, String.valueOf(maxLength));
         QueryResponse rsp = solrClient.query(collection, params);
         SolrDocumentList docs = rsp.getResults();
         if (docs != null) {
-          docs.forEach(d -> names.add(((String)d.getFieldValue("id")).substring(idPrefixLength)));
+          docs.forEach(d -> {
+            Long time = (Long)d.getFieldValue("timestamp_l");
+            Pair<String, Long> p = new Pair<>(((String)d.getFieldValue("id")).substring(idPrefixLength), time);
+            byName.put(p.first(), p);
+          });
         }
       } catch (SolrServerException e) {
         log.warn("Error retrieving RRD list", e);
       }
     }
-    // add in-memory backends not yet stored
-    names.addAll(backends.keySet());
-    ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<>(names);
-    Collections.sort(list);
+    // add in-memory backends not yet stored, or replace with more recent versions
+    backends.forEach((name, db) -> {
+      long lastModifiedTime = db.getLastModifiedTime();
+      Pair<String, Long> stored = byName.get(name);
+      Pair<String, Long> inMemory = new Pair(name, lastModifiedTime);
+      if (stored != null) {
+        if (stored.second() < lastModifiedTime) {
+          byName.put(name, inMemory);
+        }
+      } else {
+        byName.put(name, inMemory);
+      }
+    });
+    ArrayList<Pair<String, Long>> list = new ArrayList<>(byName.values());
+    Collections.sort(list, DbComparator.INSTANCE);
     return list;
   }
 
@@ -301,25 +329,25 @@ public class SolrRrdBackendFactory extends RrdBackendFactory implements SolrClos
       return;
     }
     log.debug("-- maybe sync backends: " + backends.keySet());
-    Map<String, byte[]> syncData = new HashMap<>();
+    Map<String, SolrRrdBackend.SyncData> syncDatas = new HashMap<>();
     backends.forEach((path, backend) -> {
-      byte[] data = backend.getSyncData();
-      if (data != null) {
-        syncData.put(backend.getPath(), data);
+      SolrRrdBackend.SyncData syncData = backend.getSyncData();
+      if (syncData != null) {
+        syncDatas.put(backend.getPath(), syncData);
       }
     });
-    if (syncData.isEmpty()) {
+    if (syncDatas.isEmpty()) {
       return;
     }
-    log.debug("-- syncing " + syncData.keySet());
+    log.debug("-- syncing " + syncDatas.keySet());
     // write updates
     try {
-      syncData.forEach((path, data) -> {
+      syncDatas.forEach((path, syncData) -> {
         SolrInputDocument doc = new SolrInputDocument();
         doc.setField("id", ID_PREFIX + ID_SEP + path);
         doc.addField(CommonParams.TYPE, DOC_TYPE);
-        doc.addField(DATA_FIELD, data);
-        doc.setField("timestamp", new Date(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(timeSource.getEpochTimeNs(), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)));
+        doc.addField(DATA_FIELD, syncData.data);
+        doc.setField("timestamp_l", syncData.timestamp);
         try {
           solrClient.add(collection, doc);
         } catch (SolrServerException | IOException e) {
@@ -334,7 +362,7 @@ public class SolrRrdBackendFactory extends RrdBackendFactory implements SolrClos
       } catch (SolrServerException e) {
         log.warn("Error committing RRD data updates", e);
       }
-      syncData.forEach((path, data) -> {
+      syncDatas.forEach((path, data) -> {
         SolrRrdBackend backend = backends.get(path);
         if (backend != null) {
           backend.markClean();

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr/blob/87c23545/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/MetricsHistoryIntegrationTest.java
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diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/MetricsHistoryIntegrationTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/MetricsHistoryIntegrationTest.java
index 2012a1a..b3a1fb6 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/MetricsHistoryIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/MetricsHistoryIntegrationTest.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.SolrParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.Base64;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.NamedList;
+import org.apache.solr.common.util.SimpleOrderedMap;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.TimeSource;
 import org.apache.solr.util.LogLevel;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
@@ -94,12 +95,12 @@ public class MetricsHistoryIntegrationTest extends SolrCloudTestCase {
     NamedList<Object> rsp = solrClient.request(createHistoryRequest(params(CommonParams.ACTION, "list")));
     assertNotNull(rsp);
     // expected solr.jvm, solr.node and solr.collection..system
-    List<String> lst = (List<String>)rsp.get("metrics");
+    SimpleOrderedMap<Object> lst = (SimpleOrderedMap<Object>) rsp.get("metrics");
     assertNotNull(lst);
     assertEquals(lst.toString(), 3, lst.size());
-    assertTrue(lst.toString(), lst.contains("solr.jvm"));
-    assertTrue(lst.toString(), lst.contains("solr.node"));
-    assertTrue(lst.toString(), lst.contains("solr.collection..system"));
+    assertNotNull(lst.toString(), lst.get("solr.jvm"));
+    assertNotNull(lst.toString(), lst.get("solr.node"));
+    assertNotNull(lst.toString(), lst.get("solr.collection..system"));
   }
 
   @Test

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr/blob/87c23545/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/SimCloudManager.java
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diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/SimCloudManager.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/SimCloudManager.java
index 234eaea..900fc76 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/SimCloudManager.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/SimCloudManager.java
@@ -665,6 +665,7 @@ public class SimCloudManager implements SolrCloudManager {
         }
         queryRequest.getContext().put("httpMethod", req.getMethod().toString());
         SolrQueryResponse queryResponse = new SolrQueryResponse();
+        queryResponse.addResponseHeader(new SimpleOrderedMap<>());
         if (autoscaling) {
           autoScalingHandler.handleRequest(queryRequest, queryResponse);
         } else {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr/blob/87c23545/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/MetricsHistoryHandlerTest.java
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diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/MetricsHistoryHandlerTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/MetricsHistoryHandlerTest.java
index e1e230f..7c84c16 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/MetricsHistoryHandlerTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/MetricsHistoryHandlerTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.solr.cloud.SolrCloudTestCase;
 import org.apache.solr.cloud.autoscaling.sim.SimCloudManager;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.CollectionAdminParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams;
+import org.apache.solr.common.util.Pair;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.TimeSource;
 import org.apache.solr.core.SolrInfoBean;
 import org.apache.solr.metrics.SolrMetricManager;
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandlerTest extends SolrCloudTestCase {
 
   @BeforeClass
   public static void beforeClass() throws Exception {
-    simulated = random().nextBoolean();
+    simulated = random().nextBoolean() || true;
     Map<String, Object> args = new HashMap<>();
     args.put(MetricsHistoryHandler.SYNC_PERIOD_PROP, 1);
     args.put(MetricsHistoryHandler.COLLECT_PERIOD_PROP, 1);
@@ -111,11 +112,11 @@ public class MetricsHistoryHandlerTest extends SolrCloudTestCase {
   @Test
   public void testBasic() throws Exception {
     timeSource.sleep(10000);
-    List<String> list = handler.getFactory().list(100);
+    List<Pair<String, Long>> list = handler.getFactory().list(100);
     // solr.jvm, solr.node, solr.collection..system
     assertEquals(list.toString(), 3, list.size());
-    for (String path : list) {
-      RrdDb db = new RrdDb(MetricsHistoryHandler.URI_PREFIX + path, true, handler.getFactory());
+    for (Pair<String, Long> p : list) {
+      RrdDb db = new RrdDb(MetricsHistoryHandler.URI_PREFIX + p.first(), true, handler.getFactory());
       int dsCount = db.getDsCount();
       int arcCount = db.getArcCount();
       assertTrue("dsCount should be > 0, was " + dsCount, dsCount > 0);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr/blob/87c23545/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackendFactoryTest.java
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diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackendFactoryTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackendFactoryTest.java
index 2f5fa13..18c72ec 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackendFactoryTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/metrics/rrd/SolrRrdBackendFactoryTest.java
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 
 package org.apache.solr.metrics.rrd;
 
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.apache.solr.SolrTestCaseJ4;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.CollectionAdminParams;
+import org.apache.solr.common.util.Pair;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.TimeSource;
 import org.apache.solr.util.MockSearchableSolrClient;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -78,15 +78,15 @@ public class SolrRrdBackendFactoryTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
   @Test
   public void testBasic() throws Exception {
     RrdDb db = new RrdDb(createDef(), factory);
-    List<String> list = factory.list(100);
+    List<Pair<String, Long>> list = factory.list(100);
     assertEquals(list.toString(), 1, list.size());
-    assertEquals(list.toString(), "foo", list.get(0));
+    assertEquals(list.toString(), "foo", list.get(0).first());
     timeSource.sleep(2000);
     // there should be one sync data
     assertEquals(solrClient.docs.toString(), 1, solrClient.docs.size());
     String id = SolrRrdBackendFactory.ID_PREFIX + SolrRrdBackendFactory.ID_SEP + "foo";
     SolrInputDocument doc = solrClient.docs.get(CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL).get(id);
-    long timestamp = ((Date)doc.getFieldValue("timestamp")).getTime();
+    long timestamp = (Long)doc.getFieldValue("timestamp_l");
     timeSource.sleep(2000);
     SolrInputDocument newDoc = solrClient.docs.get(CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL).get(id);
     assertEquals(newDoc.toString(), newDoc, doc);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class SolrRrdBackendFactoryTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     timeSource.sleep(3000);
     newDoc = solrClient.docs.get(CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL).get(id);
     assertFalse(newDoc.toString(), newDoc.equals(doc));
-    long newTimestamp = ((Date)newDoc.getFieldValue("timestamp")).getTime();
+    long newTimestamp = (Long)newDoc.getFieldValue("timestamp_l");
     assertNotSame(newTimestamp, timestamp);
     FetchRequest fr = db.createFetchRequest(ConsolFun.AVERAGE, firstTimestamp + 60, lastTimestamp - 60, 60);
     FetchData fd = fr.fetchData();
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class SolrRrdBackendFactoryTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     // should still be listed
     list = factory.list(100);
     assertEquals(list.toString(), 1, list.size());
-    assertEquals(list.toString(), "foo", list.get(0));
+    assertEquals(list.toString(), "foo", list.get(0).first());
 
     // re-open read-write
     db = new RrdDb("solr:foo", factory);
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public class SolrRrdBackendFactoryTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     doc = newDoc;
     newDoc = solrClient.docs.get(CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL).get(id);
     assertFalse(newDoc.toString(), newDoc.equals(doc));
-    newTimestamp = ((Date)newDoc.getFieldValue("timestamp")).getTime();
+    newTimestamp = (Long)newDoc.getFieldValue("timestamp_l");
     assertNotSame(newTimestamp, timestamp);
     fr = db.createFetchRequest(ConsolFun.AVERAGE, firstTimestamp + 60, lastTimestamp, 60);
     fd = fr.fetchData();
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class SolrRrdBackendFactoryTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     timestamp = newTimestamp;
     newDoc = solrClient.docs.get(CollectionAdminParams.SYSTEM_COLL).get(id);
     assertTrue(newDoc.toString(), newDoc.equals(doc));
-    newTimestamp = ((Date)newDoc.getFieldValue("timestamp")).getTime();
+    newTimestamp = (Long)newDoc.getFieldValue("timestamp_l");
     assertEquals(newTimestamp, timestamp);
     readOnly.close();
   }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr/blob/87c23545/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/metrics-history.adoc
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/metrics-history.adoc b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/metrics-history.adoc
index 5dc1c3c..e39f66e 100644
--- a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/metrics-history.adoc
+++ b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/metrics-history.adoc
@@ -18,15 +18,16 @@
 
 == Design
 === Round-robin databases
-When Solr runs in "cloud" mode it collects long-term history of certain key metrics. This information
-can be used for very simple monitoring and troubleshooting, but also some Solr Cloud components
-(eg. autoscaling) can use this data for making informed decisions based on long-term
-trends of selected metrics.
+Solr collects long-term history of certain key metrics both in SolrCloud and in standalone mode.
+This information can be used for very simple monitoring and troubleshooting, but also some
+Solr Cloud components (eg. autoscaling) can use this data for making informed decisions based on
+long-term trends of selected metrics.
 
 [IMPORTANT]
 ====
-Metrics history is available ONLY in SolrCloud mode, it's not supported in standalone Solr. Also,
-the `.system` collection must exist if metrics history should be persisted.
+The `.system` collection must exist if metrics history should be persisted. If this collection
+is absent then metrics history will still be collected and kept in memory but it will be lost
+on node restart.
 ====
 
 This data is maintained as multi-resolution time series, with a fixed total number of data points
@@ -61,14 +62,16 @@ update operations than storing each data point in a separate Solr document. Metr
 detailed data from each database, including retrieval of all individual datapoints.
 
 Databases are identified primarily by their corresponding metric registry name, so for databases that
-keep track of aggregated metrics this will be eg. `solr.jvm`, `solr.node`, `solr.collection.gettingstarted`,
-and for databases with non-aggregated metrics this will be eg. `solr.jvm.localhost:8983_solr`,
-`solr.node.localhost:7574_solr`, `solr.core.gettingstarted.shard1.replica_n1`.
+keep track of aggregated metrics this will be eg. `solr.jvm`, `solr.node`, `solr.collection.gettingstarted`.
+For databases with non-aggregated metrics the name consists of the registry name, optionally with a node name
+to identify databases with the same name coming from different nodes. For example, per-node databases are
+name like this: `solr.jvm.localhost:8983_solr`, `solr.node.localhost:7574_solr`, but per-replica names are
+already unique across the cluster so they are named like this: `solr.core.gettingstarted.shard1.replica_n1`.
 
 === Collected metrics
 Currently the following selected metrics are tracked:
 
-* `solr.core` and `solr.collection` metrics:
+* Non-aggregated `solr.core` and aggregated `solr.collection` metrics:
 ** `QUERY./select.requests`
 ** `UPDATE./update.requests`
 ** `INDEX.sizeInBytes`
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ Currently the following selected metrics are tracked:
 * `solr.node` metrics:
 ** `CONTAINER.fs.coreRoot.usableSpace`
 ** `numNodes` (aggregated, number of live nodes)
+
 * `solr.jvm` metrics:
 ** `memory.heap.used`
 ** `os.processCpuLoad`
@@ -86,6 +90,10 @@ Currently the following selected metrics are tracked:
 Separate databases are created for each of these groups, and each database keeps data for
 all metrics listed in that group.
 
+NOTE: Currently this list is not configurable. Also, if you change this list in the code then
+all existing databases must be first removed from the `.system` collection because RRD4j doesn't allow
+adding new datasources once the database is created.
+
 === SolrRrdBackendFactory
 This component is responsible for managing in-memory databases and periodically saving them
 to the `.system` collection. If the `.system` collection is not available the updates to the
@@ -101,7 +109,8 @@ collecting and periodically updating the in-memory databases.
 This handler also performs aggregation of metrics on per-collection level, and on a cluster level.
 By default only these aggregated metrics are tracked - historic data from each node and each replica
 in each collection is not collected separately. Aggregated databases are managed on the Overseer leader
-node.
+node but they are still accessible from other nodes even if they are not persisted - the handler redirects
+the call from originating node to the current Overseer leader.
 
 The handler assumes that a simple aggregation (sum of partial metric values from each resource) is
 sufficient. This happens to make sense for the default built-in sets of metrics. Future extensions will
@@ -135,6 +144,7 @@ databases.
 
 `collectPeriod`:: integer, in seconds, default is 60. Metrics values will be collected and respective
 databases updated every `collectPeriod` seconds.
+
 [IMPORTANT]
 ====
 Value of `collectPeriod` must be at least 1, and if it's changed then all previously existing databases
@@ -142,9 +152,9 @@ with their historic data must be manually removed (new databases will be created
 ====
 
 `syncPeriod`:: integer, in seconds, default is 60. Data from modified databases will be saved to Solr
-every `syncPeriod` seconds. When accessing the databases via REST API the visibility of most recent
-data depends on this period, because requests accessing the data from other nodes see only the
-version of the data that is stored in the `.system` collection.
+every `syncPeriod` seconds. When accessing the databases via REST API in `index` mode the visibility of
+most recent data depends on this period, because requests accessing the data from other nodes see only
+the version of the data that is stored in the `.system` collection.
 
 === Example configuration
 Example `/clusterprops.json` file with metrics history configuration that turns on the collection of
@@ -154,6 +164,7 @@ properties unrelated to metrics history API.
 [source,json]
 ----
 {
+...
   "metrics" : {
     "history" : {
       "enable" : true,
@@ -161,42 +172,86 @@ properties unrelated to metrics history API.
       "syncPeriod" : 300
     }
   }
+...
 }
 ----
 
 == Metrics History API
-Main entry point for accessing metrics history is `/admin/metrics/history` (or `/api/cluster/metrics/history` for
-v2 API).
+Main entry point for accessing metrics history is `/admin/metrics/history` (or `/api/cluster/metrics/history`
+for v2 API).
 
 The following sections describe actions available in this API. All calls have at least one
 required parameter `action`.
 
+All responses contain a section named `state`, which reports the current internal state of the API:
+
+`enableReplicas`:: boolean, corresponds to the `enableReplicas` configuration setting.
+`enableNodes`:: boolean, corresponds to the `enableNodes` configuration setting.
+`mode`:: one of the following values:
+* `inactive` - when metrics collection is disabled (but access to existing metrics history is still available).
+* `memory` - when metrics history is kept only in memory because `.system` collection doesn't exist. In this mode
+clients can access metrics history available on the node that received the reuqest and on the Overseer leader.
+* `index` - when metrics history is periodically stored in the `.system` collection. Data available in memory on
+the node that accepted the request is retrieved from memory, any other data is retrieved from the
+`.system` collection (so it's at least `syncPeriod` old).
+
+Also, the response header section (`responseHeader`) contains `zkConnected` boolean property that indicates
+whether the current node is a part of SolrCloud cluster.
+
 === List databases (`action=list`)
 This call produces a list of available databases. It supports the following parameters:
 
-`rows`:: optional integer, default is 500. Maximum number of results to return
+`rows`:: optional integer, default is 500. Maximum number of results to return.
 
 Example:
+In this SolrCloud example the API is in `memory` mode, and the request was made to a node that is
+not Overseer leader. The API transparently forwarded the request to Overseer leader.
 [source,bash]
 ----
-curl http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/metrics/history?action=list&rows=10
+curl http://localhost:7574/solr/admin/metrics/history?action=list&rows=10
 ----
 [source,json]
 ----
 {
-    "responseHeader": {
-        "status": 0,
-        "QTime": 16
+  "responseHeader": {
+    "zkConnected": true,
+    "status": 0,
+    "QTime": 9
+  },
+  "metrics": {
+    "solr.collection..system": {
+      "lastModified": 1528360138,
+      "node": "127.0.0.1:8983_solr"
+    },
+    "solr.collection.gettingstarted": {
+      "lastModified": 1528360138,
+      "node": "127.0.0.1:8983_solr"
+    },
+    "solr.jvm": {
+      "lastModified": 1528360138,
+      "node": "127.0.0.1:8983_solr"
     },
-    "metrics": [
-        "solr.collection..system",
-        "solr.collection.gettingstarted",
-        "solr.jvm",
-        "solr.node"
-    ]
+    "solr.node": {
+      "lastModified": 1528360138,
+      "node": "127.0.0.1:8983_solr"
+    }
+  },
+  "state": {
+    "enableReplicas": false,
+    "enableNodes": false,
+    "mode": "memory"
+  }
 }
 ----
 
+Note the presence of the `node` element in each section, which shows where the information is coming
+from - when API is in `memory` mode this indicates which results are local and which ones are retrieved
+from the Overseer leader node. When the API is in `index` mode this element always shows the node name that
+received the request (because the data is retrieved from the `.system` collection anyway).
+
+Each section also contains a `lastModified` element, which contains the last modification time when the
+database was update. All timestamps returned from this API correspond to Unix epoch time in seconds.
+
 === Database status (`action=status`)
 This call provides detailed status of the selected database.
 
@@ -207,66 +262,71 @@ The following parameters are supported:
 Example:
 [source,bash]
 ----
-curl http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/metrics/history?action=status&name=solr.collection.gettingstarted
+curl http://localhost:7574/solr/admin/metrics/history?action=status&name=solr.collection.gettingstarted
 ----
 [source,json]
 ----
 {
-    "responseHeader": {
-        "status": 0,
-        "QTime": 38
-    },
-    "metrics": [
-        "solr.collection.gettingstarted",
-        [
-            "status",
-            {
-                "lastModified": 1527268438,
-                "step": 60,
-                "datasourceCount": 5,
-                "archiveCount": 5,
-                "datasourceNames": [
-                    "numShards",
-                    "numReplicas",
-                    "QUERY./select.requests",
-                    "UPDATE./update.requests",
-                    "INDEX.sizeInBytes"
-                ],
-                "datasources": [
-                    {
-                        "datasource": "DS:numShards:GAUGE:120:U:U",
-                        "lastValue": 2
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "datasource": "DS:QUERY./select.requests:COUNTER:120:U:U",
-                        "lastValue": 8786
-                    },
-                    ...
-                ],
-                "archives": [
-                    {
-                        "archive": "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:240",
-                        "steps": 1,
-                        "consolFun": "AVERAGE",
-                        "xff": 0.5,
-                        "startTime": 1527254040,
-                        "endTime": 1527268380,
-                        "rows": 240
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "archive": "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:10:288",
-                        "steps": 10,
-                        "consolFun": "AVERAGE",
-                        "xff": 0.5,
-                        "startTime": 1527096000,
-                        "endTime": 1527268200,
-                        "rows": 288
-                    },
-                    ...
-                ]
-            }
+  "responseHeader": {
+    "zkConnected": true,
+    "status": 0,
+    "QTime": 46
+  },
+  "metrics": {
+    "solr.collection.gettingstarted": {
+      "status": {
+        "lastModified": 1528318361,
+        "step": 60,
+        "datasourceCount": 5,
+        "archiveCount": 5,
+        "datasourceNames": [
+          "numShards",
+          "numReplicas",
+          "QUERY./select.requests",
+          "UPDATE./update.requests",
+          "INDEX.sizeInBytes"
+        ],
+        "datasources": [
+          {
+            "datasource": "DS:numShards:GAUGE:120:U:U",
+            "lastValue": 2
+          },
+          {
+            "datasource": "DS:numReplicas:GAUGE:120:U:U",
+            "lastValue": 4
+          },
+          ...
+        ],
+        "archives": [
+          {
+            "archive": "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:240",
+            "steps": 1,
+            "consolFun": "AVERAGE",
+            "xff": 0.5,
+            "startTime": 1528303980,
+            "endTime": 1528318320,
+            "rows": 240
+          },
+          {
+            "archive": "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:10:288",
+            "steps": 10,
+            "consolFun": "AVERAGE",
+            "xff": 0.5,
+            "startTime": 1528146000,
+            "endTime": 1528318200,
+            "rows": 288
+          },
+          ...
         ]
-    ]
+      },
+      "node": "127.0.0.1:7574_solr"
+    }
+  },
+  "state": {
+    "enableReplicas": false,
+    "enableNodes": false,
+    "mode": "index"
+  }
 }
 ----
 
@@ -286,7 +346,7 @@ values (because points from all datasources in a given time series share the sam
 * `graph` - data is returned as PNG images, Base64-encoded, containing graphs of each time series values over time.
 
 In each case the response is structured in a similar way: archive identifiers are keys in a JSON map,
-and timestamps / datapoints / graphs are values.
+all data is placed in a `data` element, with timestamps / datapoints / graphs as values in lists or maps.
 
 ==== Examples
 This is the output using the default `list` format:
@@ -297,37 +357,49 @@ curl http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/metrics/history?action=get&name=solr.colle
 [source,json]
 ----
 {
-    "responseHeader": {
-        "status": 0,
-        "QTime": 36
-    },
-    "metrics": [
-        "solr.collection.gettingstarted",
-        [
-            "data",
-            {
-                "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:240": {
-                    "timestamps":1527254460,
-                    "timestamps":1527254520,
-                    "timestamps":1527254580,
-                    ...
-                    "values": {
-                        "numShards": "NaN",
-                        "numShards": 2.0,
-                        "numShards": 2.0,
-                        ...
-                        "numReplicas": "NaN",
-                        "numReplicas": 4.0,
-                        "numReplicas": 4.0,
-                        ...
-                        "QUERY./select.requests": "NaN",
-                        "QUERY./select.requests": 123,
-                        "QUERY./select.requests": 456,
-                        ...
-                    }
-                },
-                "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:10:288": {
-...
+  "responseHeader": {
+    "zkConnected": true,
+    "status": 0,
+    "QTime": 4
+  },
+  "metrics": {
+    "solr.collection.gettingstarted": {
+      "data": {
+        "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:240": {
+          "timestamps": [
+            1528304160,
+            1528304220,
+            ...
+          ],
+          "values": {
+            "numShards": [
+              "NaN",
+              2.0,
+              ...
+            ],
+            "numReplicas": [
+              "NaN",
+              4.0,
+              ...
+            ],
+            ...
+          }
+        },
+        "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:10:288": {
+          "timestamps": [
+            1528145400,
+            1528146000,
+          ...
+      "lastModified": 1528318606,
+      "node": "127.0.0.1:8983_solr"
+    }
+  },
+  "state": {
+    "enableReplicas": false,
+    "enableNodes": false,
+    "mode": "index"
+  }
+}
 ----
 
 This is the output when using the `string` format:
@@ -338,25 +410,24 @@ curl http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/metrics/history?action=get&name=solr.colle
 [source,json]
 ----
 {
-    "responseHeader": {
-        "status": 0,
-        "QTime": 11
-    },
-    "metrics": [
-        "solr.collection.gettingstarted",
-        [
-            "data",
-            {
-                "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:240": {
-                    "timestamps": "1527254820\n1527254880\n1527254940\n...",
-                    "values": {
-                        "numShards": "NaN\n2.0\n2.0\n2.0\n2.0\n2.0\n2.0\n...",
-                        "numReplicas": "NaN\n4.0\n4.0\n4.0\n4.0\n4.0\n4.0\n...",
-                        "QUERY./select.requests": "NaN\n123\n456\n789\n...",
-                        ...
-                    }
-                },
-                "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:10:288": {
+  "responseHeader": {
+    "zkConnected": true,
+    "status": 0,
+    "QTime": 2
+  },
+  "metrics": {
+    "solr.collection.gettingstarted": {
+      "data": {
+        "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:240": {
+          "timestamps": "1527254820\n1527254880\n1527254940\n...",
+          "values": {
+            "numShards": "NaN\n2.0\n2.0\n2.0\n2.0\n2.0\n2.0\n...",
+            "numReplicas": "NaN\n4.0\n4.0\n4.0\n4.0\n4.0\n4.0\n...",
+            "QUERY./select.requests": "NaN\n123\n456\n789\n...",
+            ...
+          }
+        },
+        "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:10:288": {
                 ...
 ----
 
@@ -368,29 +439,28 @@ curl http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/metrics/history?action=get&name=solr.colle
 [source,json]
 ----
 {
-    "responseHeader": {
-        "status": 0,
-        "QTime": 2275
-    },
-    "metrics": [
-        "solr.collection.gettingstarted",
-        [
-            "data",
-            {
-                "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:240": {
-                    "values": {
-                        "numShards": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAkQAAA...",
-                        "numReplicas": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAkQA...",
-                        "QUERY./select.requests": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANS...",
-                        ...
-                    }
-                },
-                "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:10:288": {
-                    "values": {
-                        "numShards": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAkQAAA...",
-                        ...
-                },
-                ...
+  "responseHeader": {
+    "zkConnected": true,
+    "status": 0,
+    "QTime": 2
+  },
+  "metrics": {
+    "solr.collection.gettingstarted": {
+      "data": {
+        "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:240": {
+          "values": {
+            "numShards": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAkQAAA...",
+            "numReplicas": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAkQA...",
+            "QUERY./select.requests": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANS...",
+            ...
+          }
+        },
+        "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:10:288": {
+          "values": {
+            "numShards": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAkQAAA...",
+            ...
+          },
+        ...
 ----
 
 .Example 60 sec resolution history graph for `QUERY./select.requests` metric