Solr Under the Hood

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Solr

Course Overview

This two day class is designed to turn Solr developers into Solr rock stars. You’ll be learning from the team that has committed more code than anyone else to the Solr project – so if you want to do it right, get the skills here.  Just make sure you come in to the class with a solid understanding of Solr’s features and functionality. Also check the course outline.

Class Schedule and Registration

10% Early Bird discount automatically applied when you register 30 days prior to the class start date.

Date Location Time Price Register
May 22-23

Atlanta (Alpharetta), GA

9:00am - 5:00pm $1,600 Solr Training Register
June 6-7

Redwood City, CA

9:00am - 5:00pm $1,600 Solr Training Register
June 12-13

Augsburg, Germany
(Delivered in German)

9:00am - 5:00pm $1,800 Solr Training Register
June 12-13

Amsterdam, Netherlands

9:00am - 5:00pm $1,800 Solr Training Register
June 20-21

New York, NY

9:00am - 5:00pm $1,600 Solr Training Register
July 11-12

Dallas (Irving), TX

9:00am - 5:00pm $1,600 Solr Training Register
July 25-26

Reston, VA

9:00am - 5:00pm $1,600 Solr Training Register

Who Should Attend?

This is strictly a Developer course.  It is for people with at least one year of hands-on experience developing applications in Solr.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this class you will be able to troubleshoot just about any problem that comes your way. You’ll also know how to tune Solr for optimal performance and scaling.

Prerequisites

Solr Unleashed or equivalent experience. 

Course Outline

Day 1 Day 2

1. Latency

  • Segments & commits
  • Commits
  • Segments
  • Merging
  • Index files
  • Caching
  • The basics
  • Cache statistics
  • Warming
  • Cache data structures
  • Tuning cache settings
  • Near real time

3. Complexity

  • Architecture & components
  • Request
  • Search
  • Update
  • Schema
  • Admin
  • Lucene
  • Relevancy & scoring
  • Relevancy
  • Vector space model
  • Lucene scoring
  • Boosting and biasing

2. Scalability

  • Performance
  • Architecting for scale
  • Multicore
  • Replication
  • Distributed search
  • SolrCloud

4. Support

  • Free support
  • Commercial support
  • Self support

Cancellation Policy

Registration for a class can be cancelled up to 14 calendar days in advance of the class date for either a full refund, or credit towards another class. No credit or refund can be given for no-shows, or class registrations cancelled less than 14 calendar days prior to a class date. If a registered participant is unable to attend the course, a substitute is welcome to take their place.

On occasion, LucidWorks has to cancel or reschedule a delivery. If this happens, we will notify you as far in advance of the scheduled course dates as possible. In the event that a course is cancelled, the liability of LucidWorks is limited to the return of paid registration fees.