Solr: using to index large folders recursively containing lots of different documents, and querying over the web

[Cathy Hemsley]

Hi Solr users,

I hope you can help.  We are migrating our intranet web site management
system to Windows 2008 and need a replacement for Index Server to do the
text searching.  I am trying to establish if Lucene and Solr is a feasible
replacement, but I cannot find the answers to these questions:

1. Can Solr be set up to recursively index a folder containing an
indeterminate and variable large number of subfolders, containing files of
all types:  XML, HTML, PDF, DOC, spreadsheets, powerpoint presentations,
text files etc.  If so, how?
2. Can Solr be queried over the web and return a list of files that match a
search query entered by a user, and also return the abstracts for these
files, as well as 'hit highlighting'.  If so, how?
3. Can Solr be run as a service (like Index Server) that automatically
detects changes to the files within the indexed folder and updates the
index? If so, how?

Thanks for your help

Cathy Hemsley

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Query : FAQ? Forum?

[Cathy Hemsley]

Hi,

I am trying to get Solr installed and working:  and have some queries:  is
there a FAQ or a Forum?  How do I search to see whether someone has already
asked my question and answered it?

Regards
Cathy


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