On 8/20/2014 1:08 PM, Phil Bartlett wrote: > Hi > > We have just installed OpenAFS across several sites. We would like to install > somekind of centralised "search engine" that can index AFS realms. Can anyone > recommend one? > > Phil Bartlett
There is no good indexing/search engine for AFS cells. My requirements are: 1. indexing by the file servers not the clients 2. storage of the index on a per volume basis. This is required so that the index is correct for each readonly and backup volume clone. 3. a distributed search service that spans all file servers so that a request issued to one file server is serviced by all of the file servers that contain relevant volumes without duplication of effort. 4. result sets only contain matching items that are accessible to the authenticated entity issuing the query. 5. integration with client OS search libraries Wish list items include: 1. The ability to issue persistent queries that use the AFS callback mechanism to notify clients when the result set has changed. 2. Automatic generation of thumbnails and other commonly accessed metadata on the file server. I want to implement these capabilities in YFS but I suspect it is going to be quite a while before that happens. In the meantime, a client side indexing solution can be used for a single platform. The downsides are the network traffic and the view is only applicable to a single user entity. Jeffrey Altman
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