[Archivesspace_Users_Group] strategies for piecemeal re-index

[Brian Hoffman]

Hi Maureen,

Perhaps you could try using a second instance of ArchivesSpace to build the new index, then copying that index over your production ArchivesSpace index. It’s not elegant but I can’t think of anything better.

Brian


On Jul 22, 2015, at 4:26 PM, Callahan, Maureen <maureen.callahan at yale.edu> wrote:

> Claire, this sounds like a very sensible solution. Thank you! I’m eager to hear any thoughts that Chris or Brian may have. I (or someone else from Yale) may also be in touch directly to learn more about your process.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Maureen
> 
> 
>> On Jul 22, 2015, at 4:10 PM, KNOWLES Claire <Claire.Knowles at ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Maureen,
>> 
>> With another service we run we replicate the SOLR. If we want to do a full
>> reindex we then point the webapp to the replicated SOLR and turn off
>> replication. I¹m not sure if this solution will work with ArchivesSpace,
>> I¹m sure Chris can advise.
>> 
>> Claire
>> 
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>> Email: claire.knowles at ed.ac.uk
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>> 
>> 
>> On 22/07/2015 15:37,
>> "archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org on behalf of
>> Callahan, Maureen" 
>> <archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org on behalf of
>> maureen.callahan at yale.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey everyone,
>>> 
>>> At some point, our index got totally jacked. Unfortunately, our database
>>> is way too big to be able to do a full re-index overnight and we¹re
>>> reluctant to leave it going over the weekend in case something goes wrong.
>>> 
>>> Also, our Aeon requesting service relies on a webservice built on top of
>>> ArchivesSpace, so we can¹t have the index unavailable for too long, even
>>> if it¹s not during normal working hours.
>>> 
>>> Has anyone played with re-indexing a bit at a time by deleting records
>>> from indexer_state? Is this a reliable way to fix index problems? Does
>>> anyone have thoughts on other strategies?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Maureen
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