Re: Multiple indexes vs single index

2009-02-14 Thread Chris Lu
A normal Lucene index should be able to handle it. As long as no frequent insert/update, which can sometimes cause hiccups for large indexes, one index is enough. If your customer numbers keep growing, you will need to have one index for each customer, which isn't that difficult really, especiall

Re: Multiple indexes vs single index

2009-02-14 Thread Shashi Kant
Take a look at Solr - it should be able to handle the scale you describe. My suggestion is not to partition indexes unless absolutely have to. - Original Message From: "spr...@gmx.eu" To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 10:27:58 AM Subject: RE

RE: Multiple indexes vs single index

2009-02-14 Thread spring
Hi, > You get one answer if each document is 1K, another if it's > 1G. If you have 2 users or 10,000 users. If you require > 100 queries/sec response time or 1 query can take 10 > seconds. If you require an update to the index every > second or month... Each doc has up to 10 A4 pages text. There

Re: Multiple indexes vs single index

2009-02-14 Thread Erick Erickson
Define efficiency. Define document. Define user. Define This kind of question is unanswerable except in gross generalities unless you take the time to provide details. You get one answer if each document is 1K, another if it's 1G. If you have 2 users or 10,000 users. If you require 100 querie

re: multiple indexes

2006-04-27 Thread Chris Hostetter
can you provide a little more clarification as to what it is you are trying to achieve (not just the way you hope to achieve it) Specificly: I can't make sense of what you would expect to get back with a query like this... index1:query1 AND index2:query2 ...traditionally, a query for "A and

re: multiple indexes

2006-04-27 Thread Michael Dodson
I know it is possible to query against multiple indexes, but is it possible to create a composite query in which part of the query is against one index and part is against another (similar to querying against a default and a second field)? for example index1:query1 AND index2:query2 I tho