I've been playing with Ferret for awhile. I actually get corrupted indexes just running in development. I'm close to deploying an app that uses ferret and some of the things I've heard really worry me. Haven't had a chance to test the drb server though, but the whole idea of that bothers me too.
How difficult would it be to change over to Sphinx? On Jan 18, 4:02 pm, pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure about acts_as_sphinx and sphinctor being actively > updated, but I can confirm that both Ultrasphinx and Thinking Sphinx > (my own plugin -http://ts.freelancing-gods.com) are regularly updated > - and under the hood they both use the same Ruby Sphinx client - > Riddle (http://riddle.freelancing-gods.com- again, mine - sorry for > blowing my own trumpet), which I've been keeping up to date to match > the recent releases of Sphinx. > > Evan's and my plugins do a lot of the same things, just different > approaches, so, with as little bias as possible, I think either can do > the job for you. I can't speak for the other two plugins though, as > it's been so long since I've looked into them. > > Cheers > > -- > Pat > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] || m: 0413 273 337 > w:http://freelancing-gods.com|| p: 03 9386 0928 > discworld:http://ausdwcon.org|| skype: patallan > > On Jan 8, 8:00 pm, Raymond O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > s.net> wrote: > > Ya we use ferret right now on our site. It's ok, but it does segfault > > about once a week. It's not a huge deal I suppose, but doesn't make me > > feel good. Right now I'm evaluating switching to solr or sphinx. It > > would be nice to have the 'more like this' ability that AAF/Ferret has. > > I didn't really see this feature with sphinx. We would also like to be > > able to write a custom sort method, which I haven't been able to do with > > ferret. I see there's an ability to do that with sphinx which looks > > nice. > > > Anyways, can anyone recommend a sphinx plugin for Rails? > > There's 3 so far that I found. acts_as_sphinx, ultrasphinx, and > > sphinctor. Are they all actively updated? > > > Thanks, > > Ray > > -- > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deploying Rails" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-deployment@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-deployment?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
