Comments on: Seeking Information on Indexed Filesystems http://www.pythian.com/blogs/879/seeking-information-on-indexed-filesystems News and views from Pythian DBAs Fri, 9 Jan 2009 22:48:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: NickP http://www.pythian.com/blogs/879/seeking-information-on-indexed-filesystems#comment-175063 NickP Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:33:20 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/879/seeking-information-on-indexed-filesystems#comment-175063 Folks, Thanks for your comments and advice. I'll take a look at the solutions you mentioned. Thanks also to Sheeri for forwarding the query. Nick Folks,

Thanks for your comments and advice. I’ll take a look at the solutions you mentioned.

Thanks also to Sheeri for forwarding the query.

Nick

]]> By: Oscar Rylin http://www.pythian.com/blogs/879/seeking-information-on-indexed-filesystems#comment-172399 Oscar Rylin Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:28:37 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/879/seeking-information-on-indexed-filesystems#comment-172399 I'd have a look at Sun's Honeycomb project (available atm with StorageTek). From the whitepapers I've read, it sounds exactly what you're looking for, unless I missed something? I’d have a look at Sun’s Honeycomb project (available atm with StorageTek).
From the whitepapers I’ve read, it sounds exactly what you’re looking for, unless I missed something?

]]> By: Ilias http://www.pythian.com/blogs/879/seeking-information-on-indexed-filesystems#comment-172217 Ilias Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:13:24 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/879/seeking-information-on-indexed-filesystems#comment-172217 DId you look at filesystems that support extended attributes (e.g. NTFS and XFS)? There is no support for SQL though and the front-ends are probably not so great... DId you look at filesystems that support extended attributes (e.g. NTFS and XFS)? There is no support for SQL though and the front-ends are probably not so great…

]]> By: Francois Schiettecatte http://www.pythian.com/blogs/879/seeking-information-on-indexed-filesystems#comment-172147 Francois Schiettecatte Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:20:12 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/879/seeking-information-on-indexed-filesystems#comment-172147 I would take a look at SOLR, it is an open source text indexing app based around Lucene, it is very easy to set up and administer, the only down side is that it does not accept SQL but full text searches. I would take a look at SOLR, it is an open source text indexing app based around Lucene, it is very easy to set up and administer, the only down side is that it does not accept SQL but full text searches.

]]> By: Stewart Smith http://www.pythian.com/blogs/879/seeking-information-on-indexed-filesystems#comment-172086 Stewart Smith Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:41:27 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/879/seeking-information-on-indexed-filesystems#comment-172086 All file systems with indexes on them that maintain any form of consistency have all died. Everything else is asynchronous (e.g. Beagle, whatever Apple does) and is only really good for text search. All file systems with indexes on them that maintain any form of consistency have all died. Everything else is asynchronous (e.g. Beagle, whatever Apple does) and is only really good for text search.

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