The current Azure offering does not have a solution for enterprise search. Therefore if you have built your system to live in the cloud (Azure) and you need search which you dont want to host on a local network, then Lucene is a very attractive offering.
Glyn On 16 Jan 2011, at 20:48, Digy wrote: > Most probably, I don't understand the problem. > Lucene is intented to be a *fast* search engine on *huge* data and people > are trying to increase the performance using every tricks that exist. If I > don't have enough NW bandwidht comparable to local disk access why should I > use AzureDirectory (or any Webdav-server or iSCSI). > This structure also includes sharing (possible)sensitive data with MS. > Just to avoid backups? > > PS: I would surely give it a try if I could set up a "Azure Blob Storage - > server" on my fast local network. > > DIGY > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anders Lybecker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 9:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Using Lucene.Net with Windows Azure > > Hi Corey, > > I forgot the link - classic LOL > > Here: > http://www.lybecker.com/blog/2011/01/16/using-lucene-net-with-microsoft-azur > e/ > > :-) > Anders > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Corey Brand <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Can you provide a link? >> - Corey >> >> >> >>> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:30:31 +0100 >>> Subject: Using Lucene.Net with Windows Azure >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have just written an article about using Lucene.Net with Microsoft >> Azure >>> on my blog. >>> >>> I have analyzed the different options, focusing on storage, as it major >>> paradigm shift. >>> >>> Let me know what you think? >>> >>> :-) >>> Anders Lybecker >> >> > Glyn Darkin Darkin Systems Ltd Mob: 07961815649 Fax: 08717145065 Web: www.darkinsystems.com Company No: 6173001 VAT No: 906350835
