There is a similar discussion on this topic here: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/lucene/java-user/42824?search_string=Lucene%20search%20performance%3A%20linear%3F;#42824
or: *http://tinyurl.com/lpp3hf* On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Teruhiko Kurosaka <k...@basistech.com>wrote: > Thank you, Ian and Erick, > > This is a stand-alone search application that runs a query > and exits, as opposed to the typical web-based search program. > > > The query is consists of combination of SpanQuery, TermQuery, > BooleanClause, SpanNearQuery, and SpanTermQuery. > I get the top 50 hits at most and no fancy assembly of output is done. > I'm measuring the time from the start to finish of this application, > and the profile result shows the most time is spent inside Lucene. > > > -kuro > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Erick Erickson [mailto:erickerick...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:09 AM > > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Lucene performance: is search time linear to the > > index size? > > > > Are you measuring search time *only* or are you measuring > > total response time including assembling whatever you > > assemble? If you're measuring total response time, everything > > from network latency to what you're doing with each hit may > > affect response time. > > > > This is especially true if you're iterating over a Hits object. > > > > It would be helpful if you showed us the snippet that you use > > to measure. > > > > Best > > Erick > > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Teruhiko Kurosaka > > <k...@basistech.com>wrote: > > > > > I am seeing my Lucene application's search time grows pretty much > > > linearly to the number of Documents. > > > Is this how Lucene is supposed to work, or does it depend on the > > > nature of query? > > > > > > I am not using FuzzyQuery that was the subject of the recent > > > discussion by the way. > > > > > > -Kuro > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > >
