[Xapian-discuss] Remote database search issues

[Olly Betts]

On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 07:03:34PM +0200, Ron Kass wrote:
> So instead of 
> Database::open('/data/ftsdirectory') you can do 
> Database::open('/stubfile.dat')

Ah yes, of course you can.  Sorry I didn't think of that.

> 2) We tried remote search over tcpsrv... which we can not really use 
> besides for testing, until it supports parallel searches, which is 
> something xapian-progsrv does support as far as we understand.

No, that's wrong.  Does it say that somewhere in the documentation?  If
so, let me know where and I'll fix it.

> search speed was bad. A search for a single word (like gift) takes well 
> over a second for the first search. something that fast when running 
> locally. Even when done on the same machine (with localhost) its not 
> that fast.

Until we track down your uninitialised weights issue, I don't think
performance testing is going to give reliable results.

Cheers,
    Olly