Binary version of SolrMeter for Solr 4

NOTE: English version on top, French version below.

We have noticed that in Solr 4, there is problem with the UI related to cache hit ratio evaluation of SolrMeter. Digging a bit, the problem is due to a type change between Solr 3 and Solr 4. SolrMeter expects a string, whereas Solr4 sends back a float. More precisely, Solr 4 does that within its request handler mbean, in the cache sub category.

We’re now using a patch available for this bug, created by Javier Mendez, see his contribution on this google group.

Still, there is no binary version of SolrMeter, hence this blog. Continue reading