Hi,
I need to search a Catalog.
Most users search *this* year's catalog, but on rare occasions they may ask
for old products (from previous years).
I'm trying to select between 2 options:
1) Keep huge big index for all years (where documents have a "year" field,
so I can filter out the current year, when needed)
2) Keep separate indexes - FSDirectory per year:
FSDirectory.open("c:/index_2009/"), FSDirectory.open("c:/index_2010/") ...
Most searches will run on the current year's FSDirectory, but if I want old
product I can use MultiSearcher.
Which option sounds better?
The 1st seems easier to code.
But I thought the 2nd might have better performance - especially since most
searches are on the current year.
Moreover, since changes occur only on current year (old products never
change), I though the 2nd approach would be easier on the IndexWriter
(especially on heavy actions like "optimize()").
What do you thing?
Thanks :)
