[TYPO3-english] using SPHINX for search

[Ries van Twisk]

On Apr 12, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Vahan Amirbekyan wrote:

> 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,



Great Work,

I hope one day the TYPO3 community can benefit from this

Ries