Hi Morten I think there's definitely room for another delta method - delayed but with a manual rake call at regular intervals, like datetime (and hopefully the thinking_sphinx:index:delta task can be re-used). At this point it doesn't seem like merging is always reliable, so go for it.
Cheers -- Pat On 14/02/2009, at 3:42 AM, Morten wrote: > > Hey. I've been trying out various delta indexing mechanisms on a > moderately busy site. These are my findings: > > :delta => true, calls out to indexer immediately, not good when busy > :delta => :datetime, relies on sphinx merge which is unstable > :delta => :delayed, creates ~2 jobs each time a change is made, lots > of overhead > > I think :delta => :datetime is the "correct" solution for me, but I > cannot rely on sphinx to do things right here. So I'm looking for a > 4th delta mechanism that doesn't make 1 save equal to 1 or more > indexer calls and searchd SIGHUP's. > > I'm considering implementing a :delta => :bulk option which would be a > cross between :delta => true and :delta => :delayed > > What do people do in general on busy sites? Am I misinterpreting the > current delta possibilities or is there a reliable way to do bulk > delta updating currently? > > Thanks. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thinking Sphinx" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thinking-sphinx?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
