[hibernate-dev] Hibernate Search master/slave

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

> Recently I've been working on Hibernate Search clustering.
> Hibernate Search will have the ability to work in a master / slave mode.
>
> Every node has a local copy of the index and can read it (ie query it).  
> When an update is required (actually when a transaction scoped list of  
> updates are required) by a node, a message is sent to a master node  
> responsible to update the master index.
> On a regular basis, each node acquires a copy of the master index in  
> local to stay up to day asynchronously.
>
> My first implementation involves JMS, but one could imagine using:
>  - JBoss Messaging standalone in headless mode (when it's done)
>  - a servlet controller receiving http requests
>  - whatever you want
>
> Thoughts?

Is this clustering at the level of Hibernate Search or is it something
at the lucence index level ?

Would it not make sense to be a "index tech" level concern or ?

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