May 25, 2011
As we continue to roll out new instances of the Dovetail Seeker search engine to our customers, one question that frequently arises is: How much disk space do I need for the Dovetail Seeker indexes? A little background Dovetail Seeker contains two major components: indexing and searching. Before you can search for your data, you need to index it. An index is a collection of searchable data organized into documents, each having many fields of information. Every document in the index is a potential search result with each document's field potentially containing one or more searchable terms. For example, you will likely wish to search for cases. For each case in the system, the indexing application will add adocument to the index containing details about that case. The document will contain at least an id, title, and case summary. Once…
How much disk space do I need for Seeker indexes?
May 25, 2011
As we continue to roll out new instances of the Dovetail Seeker search engine to our customers, one question that frequently arises is: How much disk space do I need for the Dovetail Seeker indexes? A little background Dovetail Seeker contains two major components: indexing and searching. Before you can search for your data, you need to index it. An index is a collection of searchable data organized into documents, each having many fields of information. Every document in the index is a potential search result with each document's field potentially containing one or more searchable terms. For example, you will likely wish to search for cases. For each case in the system, the indexing application will add adocument to the index containing details about that case. The document will contain at least an id, title, and case summary. Once…