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From: t͈̫̹ͨa͖͕͎̱͈ͨ͆ć̥̖̝o̫̫̼s͈̭̱̞͍̃!̰

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solr vs sphinx

Anyone have an informed opinion on using solr vs sphinx?

Right now I am using sphinx, and it seems to be working quite well. However, needing to reindex the entire dataset is a bit of a drag. Luckily the dataset is relatively small, so it doesn't take very long at all.

I haven't used solr yet, because I am hesitant to create a dependency upon java (no part of the stack currently uses java), because it isn't quite as portable as sphinx -- which I find hilarious given that java is a vm...but that is here nor there.

Looking for feedback and experiences using solr and sphinx.

thanks.

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Registered: 2010-01-23

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Re: solr vs sphinx

I don't necessarily have an "informed" opinion, but I did read this nifty blog post comparing the two.
http://beerpla.net/2009/09/03/compariso … inx-fight/

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