Question about the search engine

[Epitaffio]

Hi guys,

On our board (smf 2) we have been using the sphinx engine with this statistics:

758245 Posts in 24745 Topics by 420 Members.

And with this vps hardware:

Intel Xeon Quad Core E5620 @ 2.40GHz 4C 8T, 1ghz reserved
1gb ram
10gb space

At this time we have no problem, is the default search included in the forum enough for us?

I have seen an add on for using sphinx with xenforo, is it still in develop or it can be used in a production environment?

Thanks you in advance.
Matteo

 

[Lee]

I would imagine the default search engine is good enough for your requirements.

If not, xenforo offer a Enhanced Search as an official addition.

http://xenforo.com/community/forums/enhanced-search-suggestions.55/

 

[Epitaffio]

Hum, at what "limit" (approximately, obviously) we should switch to the elastic search official add on?

btw I guess we can can buy the add on later than the xf license, it's right?

 

[Blackbeard]

Yeah, its only $50.

I would try it without - and then feel it out. At 1million posts I would add it.

 

[CTXMedia]

With just 1GB RAM you might not have enough server resources to run Elastic Search. I'd recommend pricing additional RAM for your hosting package before taking the plunge on XFES.

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[Epitaffio]

Elastic search it's so really resources eater?

With sphinx everything run so smooth and i don't know if we can purchase an hardware upgrade now : (

 

[Lee]

Elastic search it's so really resources eater?

With sphinx everything run so smooth and i don't know if we can purchase an hardware upgrade now : (

You can always upgrade your package or change host, to get better hardware.

 

[Epitaffio]

Oh yeah ... but we have a so little budget right now : P