On 11/29/05, Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As you said, I think it is a case of agree to disagree ;-p I really don't > like Verity - but then again I have used others to compare it to - and > Verity is nothing compared to them, >
I'm not going to debate whether or not Verity is "crap" as a search solution, but I do have to note that it does have a significant shortcoming: working in a clustered environment. The current Verity license for ColdFusion states that you can't have multiple CF instances write to a central Verity repository. That's a big deal-breaker for me. I don't want to have to worry about synchronizing collections, period. Now, you could make the argument that a clustered environment probably means I should be looking at a full version of Verity (or another enterprise solution), but the fact is that it's cost-prohibitive to do that. We have a couple of sub-applications that have just enough search requirements as to need a Verity-type solution (as opposed to querying the database directly), yet not enough to warrant spending tens of thousands of dollars. The cost-benefit analysis just doesn't result in a need to make that sort of expenditure (yet). We're clustered not because we get millions of hits per day, but because our entire business is run through our web site and we need the scalability and failover that a cluster provides. It's simply unacceptable for our site to be down, as it means thousands of dollars in lost sales (and very unhappy executives). Until a viable solution for clustered setups surfaces (that isn't some sort of cheap hack, mind you), we'll need to look elsewhere (which is a shame because the features of Verity in MX 7 are pretty killer). Regards, Dave. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:225565 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
