This doesn't really sound right ... were you by any chance using NFS (or some other network storage mechanism) in the orriginal implimentation?
: So, this turned out not to be stable! After a while (a day or so, or two), : any index would get corrupted, because a segment would disappear. : : I circumvented the problem using seperate indexes for searching and : updating. The search index is copied every ten minutes to accomodate new : search requests. The problem seems to have gone away. : : So here's my tip: if you have continuous updates and a lot of search : requests, use different indexes for searching and for updating! -Hoss --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]