[ignore last message - result of a caffeine-starved
keyboard slip]
Doesn't sound like you have much in the way of
Lucene-related criteria here other than the
possibility of a fuzzy match on filename. The other
stuff you mention isn't "relevance ranked" criteria
like most text searches so it sounds to me like a
database is more suited. If you want to search the
*content* of files then Lucene may be more relevant.
HSQLDB or Derby can be embedded in your Java app. You
may want to look at the example Lucene file-based
indexer however for a starting point in crawling a
file system and storing only changed content and
removing deleted files from your file metadata store.
Cheers,
Mark
(waking up slowly)
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks. I will take a look at those classes.
> I do need to support search queries like:
> - Find all files that are named foo.doc.
> - Find all the files that have not been accessed in
> last 6
> months(atime).
> - Find all PDF files with size > 2 MB
>
> The HW requirements are flexible in terms of memory
> and CPUs. But there
> will be no DBA to babysit the DB, so it has to be an
> embedded DB.
>
>
> --- Pasha Bizhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > I am looking at Lucene to index and search file
> metadata -
> > > filename, size, permissions, mtime, ctime,
> atime, etc.
> > >
> > > I do not need to index and search the contents
> of the file. I
> > > was wondering if Lucene is the right choice for
> such an
> > > application. This will be at enterprise level so
> there could
> > > be millions of files.
> >
> > Try to start from indexFiles and searchFiles
> samples to test Lucene
> > for your needs.
> >
> > > What are the pros and cons of using Lucene vs a
> DB like MySQL
> > > and creating indexes on it?
> >
> > Do you need a search? What is your typical search
> query?
> > What are you going to do with the results of the
> search?
> > How are you going to use it? Also, what is your
> hardware
> > requirements? Do you already have a db
> administrator?
> > And etc..
> >
> > Pasha Bizhan
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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