try Searchable ... Re: Index location for multiple servers

damian wrote:
> However if you don't want to spend the time to do that yourself I would 
> highly
> suggest looking into the Searchable plugin which uses Ferret or Solr as
> search backends.  It integrates nicely into your models using 
> ActiveRecord
> hooks - much like aaf.
> 
> The key feature in your case is that it also provides a DRb backend
> which you can turn on by a simple config switch, allowing you to
> have a central indexing server.  more about this plugin at RubyForge:
> 
>   http://searchable.rubyforge.org/
> 
> It has been mentioned once before on this list but I think it deserves
> more exposure - especially as more people try to use Ferret for larger
> projects which require a multiple-server deployment.  My company wrote
> our own DRb ferret implementation in house -- but that was before I saw
> the Searchable rails plugin  ;)
> 
> Good Luck,
> -damian

Thanks Damian,

I'm going to download and test out the searchable plugin.  It seems as 
if it should be able to handle what I need, and if it does, you are 
right; it deserves more exposure.  I had never heard of it before.

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