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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:05:24 -0000
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The "LBHttpSolrServer" page has been changed by JackKrupansky:
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Comment:
Incorporate info from javadoc

  =3D=3D What is LBHttpSolrServer? =3D=3D
- LBHttpSolrServer or "Load Balanced HttpSolrServer" is just a wrapper to C=
ommonsHttpSolrServer. This is useful when you have multiple !SolrServers an=
d the requests need to be Load Balanced among them. It offers automatic fai=
lover when a server goes down and it detects when the server comes back up.
+ LBHttpSolrServer or "Load Balanced HttpSolrServer" is just a wrapper to C=
ommonsHttpSolrServer. This is useful when you have multiple !SolrServers an=
d query requests need to be Load Balanced among them. This should NOT be us=
ed for indexing. It offers automatic failover when a server goes down and i=
t detects when the server comes back up.
  =

  =3D=3D How to use? =3D=3D
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@@ -40, +40 @@

  =3D=3D When to use this ? =3D=3D
  This can be used as a software load balancer when you do not wish to setu=
p an external load balancer.
  =

+ Alternatives to this built-in approach are to use a dedicated hardware lo=
ad balancer or to use Apache httpd with mod_proxy_balancer as a load balanc=
er. See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_balancing_(computing)|Load bala=
ncing on Wikipedia]].
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