Geoff, In short: all items that you listed are not a problem for Solr. Indices can be sharded, distributed search is possible, custom ranking is possible, 30 fields is possible, etc. etc.
Otis -- Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch ----- Original Message ---- > From: Geoff Hopson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 10:43:58 AM > Subject: Re: Solr vs Autonomy > > My project is looking to index 10s of millions of documents, providing > search across a live-live environment (hence index > distribution/replication is important). Most searches have to be done > (ie to end user) in 5 seconds or less. The index has about 30 fields, > and I reckon that the security access I alluded to can be solved with > field-specific queries (as opposed to a single copyFielded text > field). > > The searches are very simple, but need to be quick. The "confidence" > in the information is important, and so scoring is value. Faceted > searches have a place too. > > Autonomy seems to have a solid security/access control model but > offers nothing above and beyond Solr, unless I am missing something. > > Dunno if that helps? > > Geoff > > 2008/9/18 Walter Underwood : > > It depends entirely on the needs of the project. For some things, > > Solr is superior to Autonomy, for other things, not. > > > > I used to work at Autonomy (and Verity and Inktomi and Infoseek), > > and I chose Solr for Netflix. It is working great for us. > > > > wunder > > == > > Walter Underwood > > Former Ultraseek Architect > > Current Netflix Search Lead > > > > On 9/17/08 10:46 PM, "Geoff Hopson" wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm under pressure to justify the use of Solr on my project, and > >> others are suggesting that Autonomy be used instead. Apart from price, > >> does anyone have a list of pros/cons around Autonomy compared to Solr? > >> > >> Thanks > >> geoff > > > > > > > > -- > Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright > until you hear them speak……… > Mario Kart Wii: 2320 6406 5974
