More specifically, it is what Solr would look like if you designed it today but also did not care about dealing with all the use cases Solr deals with TODAY.
The best proof is that Elastic Search is slowly hitting the same problem Solr hit at some point in the past and has to deal with them (scripting is now disabled by default, analysis/query language is slowly getting more complex, etc).
The best proof is that Elastic Search is slowly hitting the same problem Solr hit at some point in the past and has to deal with them (scripting is now disabled by default, analysis/query language is slowly getting more complex, etc).
Not trying to downgrade ElasticSearch, they have done great things and have features Solr hasn't matched (yet). Percolation is one (though check Luwak for a comparison: http://www.berlinbuzzwords.de/session/turning-search-upside-... )