Hi, "Taller" in this context means "more documents".
Otis -- Elasticsearch Performance Monitoring * Log Analytics * Search Analytics Solr & Elasticsearch Support * http://sematext.com/ On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 6:09:07 PM UTC+2, Shawn Johnson wrote: > > Otis, > I know this is old, but what do you mean by "taller"? > > On Friday, May 24, 2013 12:28:17 PM UTC-4, Otis Gospodnetic wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Short answer: I don't know. >> Medium answer: I'm sure each vendor would claim superiority or, if losing >> in perf, would bring up functionality their tool has that others do not >> True answer: you would really have to test it yourself. There are a >> million ways to do comparative benchmarks and lots of different use cases, >> that it's impossible to test them all and provide truthful reports. >> >> What I can say though is that OSS search engines like ES and Solr can be >> *very* fast if you know how to use them. For example, Sematext had a >> client recently whose initial queries against a 500K doc index took 90 >> seconds. We changed the structure of the index in a way that may have >> seemed crazy to some and ended up with 10x "taller" index that was >> returning results in just a few seconds on a single machine. So since >> open-source engines are free to use, you should simply try them out and see >> if they are fast enough for you, for your use case. I'll bet my left >> pinkie that you'll find they'll be plenty fast. And if they are not, you >> can get help on this ML or from companies that provide ES consulting >> services. >> >> Otis >> -- >> ELASTICSEARCH Performance Monitoring - http://sematext.com/spm >> <http://sematext.com/spm/index.html> >> >> >> >> On Thursday, May 23, 2013 5:10:09 AM UTC-4, Paul wrote: >>> >>> Hi Otis >>> >>> Probably not the best place here to ask. maybe quora. >>> >>> Apart from the cost and support, what about performance? >>> >>> On Thursday, May 23, 2013 3:29:11 AM UTC+8, Otis Gospodnetic wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Paul, >>>> >>>> Hm, that's a pretty big question. For one, open-source engines are >>>> cheaper. :) >>>> But maybe you have specific requirements or features you want to >>>> inquire about? >>>> >>>> Otis >>>> -- >>>> ELASTICSEARCH Performance Monitoring - >>>> http://sematext.com/spm/index.html >>>> Search Analytics - http://sematext.com/search-analytics/index.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:17:45 PM UTC-4, Paul wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> How would you compare community-based search engines (ES, Apache >>>>> Lucene) with Commercial Enterprise Search (IBM, EMC, Oracle Endeca - MDEX >>>>> Engine, etc) ? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> Paul >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/83da9d52-9184-41f4-8dd4-e7399d75cb9a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
