This all depends on what you're trying to do and your budget. Here's some information
1) Google is a 2u search appliance that you would fit on a rack. The appliance runs into the thousands of dollars-- but then you're using Google. Google is a document search, not a database search.
2) DT Search. This product is a much cheeper alterantive. Although not as powerful for the enterprise, if you need search capability for a flash program for a DVD this could be your choice. Keep in mind this product only searches documents as well.
3) Verity; A good choice if you're using CF since its bundled with the system. If you have less than 250,000 records in your database. Plus Cold Fusion allows you to add database fields to the list of items being searched
If your CMS really is database driven and does not have documents, you could use the SOUNDEX functionality Within oracle or SQL Server to build your search.
The bigger question is the location of the documents themselves.... users hard drive, central server, internet, database.
Jeremy Brodie
Intelix
an Edgewater Technology Solutions Company
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>Greetings,
>
>The company a friend of mine works for is starting to look at search
>engines like Verity, Google, Altavista or DTSearch for searching as he
>puts it:
>
> >they want to be able to search the IETM database (on their own server
> >for their DWAN, which they call a web server because it uses the same
> >protocols) and also on the end user's own hard drive.
>
>
>He's been tasked to look into it and get some ideas and estimates.
>Anyhow he's not experienced enough in this area to ask intelligent
>questions about this to the sales people. For some reason he thought I
>might be, (fool that he is in that case). Anyhow its not my area, but I
>thought that someone on the CF-Talk list might have some experience with
>these or other intranet search engines and would be willing to give
>hints etc.
>
>Any help or suggestions on what to ask would be appreciated. I'll be
>passing all suggestions over to him.
>
>regards,
>
>larry
>
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