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Posted to solr-user@lucene.apache.org by William Pierce <ev...@hotmail.com> on 2009/11/06 21:25:25 UTC
Which linux flavor works best with solr?
Folks:
I am thinking of trying out a Linux/Tomcat/Solr environment (instead of our current windows/tomcat/solr) with a view to capitalizing on the performance improvements latent in Linux vs Windows (and perhaps its stability as well). We are thinking of trying this out using Amazon EC2.
Does any one have any recommendations for your flavor of Linux that you think works best with Java and Solr. Since all flavors of Linux are equal to a guy coming from Windows, if there are any preferences due to filesystems capabilities that make java/solr perform better, we'd like to take advantage of them.
Thanks,
- Bill
Re: Which linux flavor works best with solr?
Posted by William Pierce <ev...@hotmail.com>.
Thanks all....I am going to try the alestic Ubuntu 8.04 amazon image on
EC2....
- Bill
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From: "Israel Ekpo" <is...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 12:38 PM
To: <so...@lucene.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Which linux flavor works best with solr?
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 3:25 PM, William Pierce
> <ev...@hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Folks:
>>
>> I am thinking of trying out a Linux/Tomcat/Solr environment (instead of
>> our
>> current windows/tomcat/solr) with a view to capitalizing on the
>> performance
>> improvements latent in Linux vs Windows (and perhaps its stability as
>> well).
>> We are thinking of trying this out using Amazon EC2.
>>
>> Does any one have any recommendations for your flavor of Linux that you
>> think works best with Java and Solr. Since all flavors of Linux are
>> equal
>> to a guy coming from Windows, if there are any preferences due to
>> filesystems capabilities that make java/solr perform better, we'd like to
>> take advantage of them.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> - Bill
>>
>>
>
> Personally, I would recommend Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS (Server Version or
> Alternate
> Install CD)
>
> It is easier to configure and most of its packages are more up to date
> compared to CentOS or Red Hat.
>
> If you are not really familiar with Linux yet then if you can get the
> Alternate Install CD that will be helpful.
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/downloadmirrors#mirrors
>
>
> --
> "Good Enough" is not good enough.
> To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
> Quality First. Measure Twice. Cut Once.
>
Re: Which linux flavor works best with solr?
Posted by Matthew Runo <ma...@gmail.com>.
We run on Gentoo linux, but that might not be the best type to start
out with unless you really want to be able to configure everything. A
recent version of Ubuntu should work just about as well as anything.
--Matthew Runo
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Israel Ekpo <is...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 3:25 PM, William Pierce <ev...@hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Folks:
>>
>> I am thinking of trying out a Linux/Tomcat/Solr environment (instead of our
>> current windows/tomcat/solr) with a view to capitalizing on the performance
>> improvements latent in Linux vs Windows (and perhaps its stability as well).
>> We are thinking of trying this out using Amazon EC2.
>>
>> Does any one have any recommendations for your flavor of Linux that you
>> think works best with Java and Solr. Since all flavors of Linux are equal
>> to a guy coming from Windows, if there are any preferences due to
>> filesystems capabilities that make java/solr perform better, we'd like to
>> take advantage of them.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> - Bill
>>
>>
>
> Personally, I would recommend Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS (Server Version or Alternate
> Install CD)
>
> It is easier to configure and most of its packages are more up to date
> compared to CentOS or Red Hat.
>
> If you are not really familiar with Linux yet then if you can get the
> Alternate Install CD that will be helpful.
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/downloadmirrors#mirrors
>
>
> --
> "Good Enough" is not good enough.
> To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
> Quality First. Measure Twice. Cut Once.
>
Re: Which linux flavor works best with solr?
Posted by Israel Ekpo <is...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 3:25 PM, William Pierce <ev...@hotmail.com>wrote:
> Folks:
>
> I am thinking of trying out a Linux/Tomcat/Solr environment (instead of our
> current windows/tomcat/solr) with a view to capitalizing on the performance
> improvements latent in Linux vs Windows (and perhaps its stability as well).
> We are thinking of trying this out using Amazon EC2.
>
> Does any one have any recommendations for your flavor of Linux that you
> think works best with Java and Solr. Since all flavors of Linux are equal
> to a guy coming from Windows, if there are any preferences due to
> filesystems capabilities that make java/solr perform better, we'd like to
> take advantage of them.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Bill
>
>
Personally, I would recommend Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS (Server Version or Alternate
Install CD)
It is easier to configure and most of its packages are more up to date
compared to CentOS or Red Hat.
If you are not really familiar with Linux yet then if you can get the
Alternate Install CD that will be helpful.
http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/downloadmirrors#mirrors
--
"Good Enough" is not good enough.
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
Quality First. Measure Twice. Cut Once.