Lo and behold, there is a Drupal module for that, although it isn't quite ready for prime time…
http://drupal.org/project/elasticsearch On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Cary Gordon <listu...@chillco.com> wrote: > This is good info. > > I guess I will build out a test Drupal integration, unless I can talk > someone else into doing it. > > Cary > > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Tom Johnson < > johnson.tom+code4...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I would add that it generally does better for "realtime" applications. If >> your index is updated often, ES *might* perform much better than Solr. >> >> http://blog.socialcast.com/realtime-search-solr-vs-elasticsearch/ >> >> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Ross Singer <rossfsin...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > So the main advantages to ES over Solr that I can think of offhand are >> the >> > fact that you can store and search on complex JSON documents (that is, >> > documents with nested objects, etc.) making it an effective standalone >> > document database and the fact that it will automatically replicate and >> > shard to other instances using zeroconf. >> > >> > -Ross. >> > >> > On Mar 14, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Cary Gordon <listu...@chillco.com> wrote: >> > >> > > I am trying to decide whether we should evaluate it and possibly do a >> > > Drupal integration. >> > > >> > > I know that this is not a trivial question, but, being lazy, I would >> like >> > > to know in what ways it provides services that I can't get from Solr. >> I >> > > have looked at the comparo cheatsheet — >> http://solr-vs-elasticsearch.com >> > > >> > > Cary >> > > >> > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:59 AM, MJ Suhonos <m...@suhonos.ca> wrote: >> > > >> > >> Likewise, I've been using it since mid-2010 (0.6.0). What do you >> want >> > to >> > >> know about it? >> > >> >> > >> MJ >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Cary Gordon >> > > The Cherry Hill Company >> > > http://chillco.com >> > >> > > > > -- > Cary Gordon > The Cherry Hill Company > http://chillco.com > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com