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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
