If you "proxy files" on the filesystem via Zope, the binary content is
NOT put into ZODB. Only metadata. And the semi-binary content of files
like .doc and .pdf is only stored in the Catalog index which is very
efficient.
Personally, I think Sphinx (my research on this sadly not written up
formally) is the way forward if you have LOTS of documents and require
QUICK searches and can LIVE WITH having a separate search in Zope/Plone*.
Sphinx has Python bindings but no "Zope/Plone bindings" that I'm aware of.
(* You could have a single search form input but merge the results from
searching zope/plone AND an external database)
David Bain wrote:
The issue of storing large amounts of data in the zodb, particulary
large binary files has been a concern, with the addition of blob to the
zodb would this become a non-issue?
Should someone with Nynke's use case be even thinking about storing his
documents directly in the ZODB?
On Jan 22, 2008 11:18 AM, Peter Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
With TextIndexNG3 you get a very good index on that kind of content and
if you make the documents available as objects in Zope, TextIndexNG3 can
take care of opening up things like .doc and .pdf and index its
content.
However, if you make the documents objects by proxy of sorts (i.e.
metadata such as filename in Zope and binary payload on filesystem) I
don't know what happens if the file is updated externally without Zope
being notified to reindex it.
I'd say that what it depends on is how important it is (how up-to-date)
and if you've got an existing way of linking to the documents on the
drive from the intranet.
My company has started looking at writing a custom indexing of our code
and documents in Sphinx (very fast and competant indexing server) but
unfortunately we never had time to complete it.
Peter
Nynke Kruiderink wrote:
> Hello Shilpa and all,
>
> We are about to release our new intranet in plone 2.5 and I'm looking
> forward to it.
>
> Our employees tend to travel a lot, therefore communication between
> employees is also a challenge for us. We are hoping that with the
> implementation of team knowledge sharing blogs, and
organizational news
> items and rss feeds, that we will improve the overall
communication and
> learning within our organisation. We will also be providing wiki
pages so
> that staff can easily co-create the intranet and/or collaborate
online in
> content creation related to their work.
>
> What I have not worked out in detail is the document management
side of the
> story. We have a network drive, which is just a wonderful example
of chaos
> most of the time. It's great, and it has its worth, only what we
need is a
> single platform where we can find all final versions of
documents, and a
> single platform where we can conduct a single search for information.
> Therefore I'd like the intranet to become our document management
system for
> final documents.
>
> Any suggestions as to what products add-ons I should be testing
for this
> purpose?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help!
>
> Nynke
>
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