Dave, I'm curious why you say GSA is easier to setup than Solr. Given that you
a) make a collection (one tag) b) index it (one tag, although you need it a few places) c) search it (one tag) The setup for Solr is relatively simple. Are you seeing differently with your clients? On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We have a CMS site we want to be searchable. All the content as well as > static webpages that are included on this site must be in the search. I > > just want your opinion on what you feel would be best. > > > > Just to clarify, we have some of the content being dynamically processed > from the SQL server through queries and we have some static pages that > > were specially created to be included in on this CMS site. I would like > to have the ability to search these two areas for results. > > > > I'm aware of the CFSEARCH through CF and I've used Googles search before > as well. Is there anything else out there you feel is better fit for the > > job? > > Well, I'm probably tremendously biased - more on that in a sec - but > I'd recommend you use a Google search solution if you can afford it. > The Google Search Appliance can handle any sort of text-based content > you have: docs on a web server, database records, content in > proprietary systems like SharePoint, FileNet, LiveLink, Notes/Domino, > Vignette, CQ 5, etc, etc, etc. And of course it works very well with > CF content (as long as you do things right). It does a tremendous job > with relevance - better than Solr - and generally does better at > content acquisition, as you can "fire and forget" it as long as your > content is working properly. > > It is, however, expensive, and Solr is free. But it takes a lot less > time to set up and manage, and you can often use one GSA setup > throughout an organization, rather than having different search silos > for different applications. I've worked with quite a few Solr shops > where they ended up spending less time and money on search, and > getting better results, once they switched to GSA. (And don't even get > me started with Verity and Autonomy). > > Now, as I mentioned above, I am probably very biased. I've been > working with the GSA since about 2005. We do a lot of CMS > implementations and support here at Fig Leaf Software. We help support > National Park Service (http://www.nps.gov/) which is a huge CF-based > CMS implementation. We used to use CFSEARCH (Verity, then Solr) with > many of our CMS customers. But when we had millions of documents, > those solutions ran out of steam and we looked for alternatives. We > ended up choosing the Google Search Appliance, and have been very > happy Google customers ever since. In fact, we like it so much we > started a line of business solely to sell and support Google search > solutions - and today, I am in charge of that business unit. Fig Leaf > Software is a Google Enterprise partner, and we have been very > successful with the GSA because it's a very good solution. > > If you have specific GSA questions that are off-topic for this list, > feel free to contact me directly, or send an email to > [email protected] - that goes to everyone involved with GSA sales, > implementation services, support, etc. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354977 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
