Just looking a Sphinx, the concept certainly looks nice. On Jan 22, 2008 12:00 PM, Peter Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 > > > > > > > -- > > Peter Bengtsson, > > work www.fry-it.com <http://www.fry-it.com> > > home www.peterbe.com <http://www.peterbe.com> > > hobby www.issuetrackerproduct.com < > http://www.issuetrackerproduct.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NGO mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/ngo > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NGO mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/ngo > > -- > Peter Bengtsson, > work www.fry-it.com > home www.peterbe.com > hobby www.issuetrackerproduct.com > > _______________________________________________ > NGO mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/ngo >
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