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split existing solr collection over more nodes

I am using Solr 4.10 Initially I had a collection with indexed documents on only one node, but now I have added an additional node. Is it possible to split my existing index over both the nodes without having to recreate the collection and reindex everything?

I tried using the splitshard command from the collections api but that just split my collection into 2 shards on the same node.

Any help is much appreciated.

Solution

  • Found out how this can work.

    First split the collection into 2 shards on the same node. Then replicate one of the shards onto another node and delete the original shard.