[TYPO3-english] using SPHINX for search

[Vahan Amirbekyan]

dear all,
after first using indexed_search and then looking into other solutions 
SPHINX was chosen and I am happy with how fast it works.
Our team has integrated sphinx with indexed_search ( many other features 
were added to indexed_search as well, such as recursive indexing, types 
specific indexing and other ).
To see how fast it works pls see example here:
http://aideffectiveness.developmentgateway.org/Search.10959+M52ff1692829.0.html?&L=0&tx_indexedsearch[ext]=1

Number of documents being indexed is 250,000+
I do not have ext ready for download at this moment ( other priorities ) 
  but I could at least be helpful to someone who decides to use sphinx 
as well.

Especially check out the speed of phrase searches. With indexed_search 
ext search of phases runs very very slow. The more words one adds the 
slower search becomes.
Sphinx has no problem phrases what so ever.
Sphinx indexing takes seconds. It is very fast.

regards,