On 18.11.2007, at 16:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm using Sphinx (http://www.sphinxsearch.com/) wherever I don't need
> realtime updates. A large portion of my site requires search
> indexes to
> be always up-to-date but in many places, I can live with an index
> that may
> be 5 minutes old. Sphinx trades realtime indexing for performance -
> both
> search and indexing speed is blazingly fast. Sphinx comes with a
> server
> component that speaks a simple protocol and there are several rails
> plugins available.
Thanks, Casey. I'll take a look at Sphinx. Since I'm primarily
concerned about index consistency and don't mind short delays either,
it sounds like a pretty good alternative.
Cheers,
Andy
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