[m-i-l]

> Solr, last I check was a bit complicated to cluster

SolrCloud, with Zookeeper, is relatively new and not too difficult to set up.

[capkutay]

Does it still have the issue where you have to take the cluster down to create a new index or modify existing ones?

[thecage411]

No, search for MergeIndexes or --go-live.