Solr has had a long and successful history, but a major new chapter began recently with the advent of Solr 4 and SolrCloud. This is the perfect time for Solr in Action. With clear examples, enlightening diagrams, and coverage from key concepts through the newest features, Solr in Action will have you successfully using Solr in no time!
Solr was born out of necessity in 2004, at CNET Networks (now CBS Interactive), to replace a commercial search engine being discontinued by the vendor. Even though I had no formal search background when I started writing Solr, it felt like a very natural fit, because I have always enjoyed making software “go fast.” I viewed Solr more as an alternate type of datastore designed around an inverted index than as a full-text search engine, and that has helped Solr extend beyond the legacy enterprise search market.