Apache Soir 4 can transform the effectiveness of your search engines and this book will show you how. Jump straight into the hands-on recipes and get a fast understanding of the latest and greatest in open source search.

Key Features

Learn how to make Apache Solr search faster, more complete, and comprehensively scalable
Solve performance, setup, configuration, analysis, and query problems in no time
Get to grips with, and master, the new exciting features of Apache Solr 4

Book DescriptionApache Solr is a blazing fast, scalable, open source Enterprise search server built upon Apache Lucene. Solr is wildly popular because it supports complex search criteria, faceting, result highlighting, query-completion, query spell-checking, and relevancy tuning, amongst other numerous features."Apache Solr 4 Cookbook" will show you how to get the most out of your search engine. Full of practical recipes and examples, this book will show you how to set up Apache Solr, tune and benchmark performance as well as index and analyze your data to provide better, more precise, and useful search data."Apache Solr 4 Cookbook" will make your search better, more accurate and faster with practical recipes on essential topics such as SolrCloud, querying data, search faceting, text and data analysis, and cache configuration.With numerous practical chapters centered on important Solr techniques and methods, Apache Solr 4 Cookbook is an essential resource for developers who wish to take their knowledge and skills further. Thoroughly updated and improved, this Cookbook also covers the changes in Apache Solr 4 including the awesome capabilities of SolrCloud.What you will learn

Efficient and configurable Apache Solr 4 setup
Index your data in different formats, forms, and sources
Implement different autocomplete functionality
Achieve near real time search with Apache Solr 4
Improve and benchmark Apache Solr for increased performance
Master SolrCloud functionality
Diagnose and resolve your problems with Apache Solr 4
Improve the relevance of your queries
Overcome common problems when analyzing your data

Who this book is forThis book is for developers who wish to learn how to master Apache Solr 4. This book will specifically appeal to developers who wish to quickly get to grips with the changes and new features of Apache Solr 4. This book is also handy as a practical guide to solving common problems and issues when using Apache Solr.