The GSA -> Solr conversion I mentioned has not yet happened and may not even include doc access right functionality. However, when I implemented things like that in the past, I used custom trickery, not a general open framework.
Otis -- Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch ----- Original Message ---- > From: Lukas Vlcek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 7:05:48 AM > Subject: Re: GSA <-> Solr > > Otis, > > May I ask you how do you go about handling user access privileges? I mean > you need some mechanism how to get user privileges from corporate > environment (LDAP for example) and filter returned hits using document > access policy. Also you may be caching these informations as well for > performance reasons (refreshing once a day for example). Do you use some > general open framework or ad-hoc code? > > Thanks & Regards, > Lukas > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Otis Gospodnetic < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Lukas, > > > > From your description, this looks like a Nutch job, not Solr (no crawling > > component), though one can also use Nutch with Solr now. > > > > I can't share the reasons, unfortunately. But from a personal stand point, > > I've seen GSA and it's not all that impressive, it costs a pile of money, > > and the price raises exponentially with the number of documents, it seems. > > > > Otis > > -- > > Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: Lukas Vlcek > > > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > > > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 12:31:13 AM > > > Subject: Re: GSA <-> Solr > > > > > > BTW: Do you think you can share reasons why your clients are switching > > from > > > GSA? I am very interested in their experience. > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 6:29 AM, Lukas Vlcek wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I posted related question into to Nutch-user yesterday. Here is the > > post: > > > Crawling > > > > MOSS 2007 content using Nutch via GSA > > > connector > > > > > > > > My specific situation if as folows: > > > > We are deploying MOSS 2007 which includes its own search server. > > However, > > > > we found that the search is lacking in some areas and solution requires > > > > additional expenses on HW or SW. Thus we are evaluating alternatives. > > GSA is > > > > one of them. But after I saw a presentation from technical guys on GSA > > I > > > > thought myself that Nutch could do the same (or even better in terms of > > term > > > > boosting for example :-). > > > > GSA is able to use connectors for external datasources and for Share > > Point > > > > there is sharepoint connector which is written in Java and is Apache > > > > licenced. This connector can crawl document links out of MOSS 2007 and > > push > > > > them into GSA which is then responsible for crawling. I wonder if I am > > able > > > > to use sharepoint connector to get the list of URLs which I can then > > crawl > > > > and index by Nutch. Is there any chance that using Solr make sanse in > > such > > > > scenario? Is Solr more convenient for such job? > > > > > > > > I have no experience with Solr. I think I just understand basic > > concept: > > > > Solr is a search server which can accept document in XML via HTTP. So I > > > > don't see a match with my use case because I would have to download all > > > > those documents from MOSS on my own and convert them into XML prior to > > > > sending to Solr. Am I correct? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Lukas > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 3:42 AM, Otis Gospodnetic < > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Ask me in about a month. I will likely be converting one *very* large > > and > > > >> well-known organization from the expensive GSA to Solr.... if that's > > what > > > >> you are asking about. > > > >> > > > >> Otis > > > >> -- > > > >> Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> ----- Original Message ---- > > > >> > From: Jon Baer > > > >> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > > > >> > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:03:19 PM > > > >> > Subject: GSA <-> Solr > > > >> > > > > >> > Hi, > > > >> > > > > >> > Going to try to persuade my employer to switch away some functions, > > > >> > maybe all from the GSA black box to Solr and was trying to find some > > > >> > (any?) case studies where this was done ... > > > >> > > > > >> > Also what is the similar function to a "KeyMatch" in Solr? Is it > > > >> > elevate.xml? > > > >> > > > > >> > BTW, have been testing the DataImportHandler w/ MultiCore and it > > works > > > >> > very nicely. > > > >> > > > > >> > Thanks! > > > >> > > > > >> > - Jon > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://blog.lukas-vlcek.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://blog.lukas-vlcek.com/ > > > > > > > -- > http://blog.lukas-vlcek.com/
