Thanks for the advice - I'll tinker with things
tonite...
I'll also post my configuration, once its done,
incase it is of help to others.
Quoting Kir Kolyshkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] �����(�):
> >
> > Does anybody have any suggestions for a "good"
> > configuration?
> >
> > I mean, an optimal configuration for people
that
> > have a "standard" machine (eg, around PIII
500,
> > 128-256MB ram etc).
> >
> > I have 384MB, PIII 550, and am using the
default
> > configuration, I have added about 300 servers
to
> > the list of servers to index (in an external
> > servers.conf file) and have also set the
maximum
> > number of hops to 1024.
> >
> > I usually index with a plain sbin/index - does
> > anybody have any suggestions for a sensible
> > figure for sbin/index -N?
>
> It depends on how many sites do you index. Try
various
> numbers from -N10 to -N50 and figure out
yourself
> what is better.
>
> If you want 5 to 10 million URLs to be indexed,
you
> should get more RAM I suppose.
>
> > Also, I assume that increasing the available
key
> > buffer to mySQL whilst indexing will not make
> > much difference - this is primarily to
increase
> > search speed?
>
> Nope, it helps indexing too, set your key_buffer
> to about 1/4 of available RAM.
>
> Also, if you use linux and IDE disks, look into
> hdparm command - it may boost your disk speed
incredibly.
>
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