[eluser]TheFuzzy0ne[/eluser]
OK, I'm thinking about the implementation of the search engine. I'm not sure how often I need to optimise it, and how to trigger it. I guess I don't want to be optimising the index after every item is added. So how often should it be optimised?
Should it be done manually, or automatically?
How long would it take to optimise a very big index?
Would it exceed PHP's max_execution_time?
Sorry to keep coming back with more questions, but I need to be sure that I can make this fit in with what the client needs, and that I'm not going to overlook anything that will cause problems in the future.
EDIT: I'm also starting to have second thoughts. I'm reading the documentation, and it mentions that optimizing can be an expensive process in terms of resources. I don't know how expensive that is, it's a bit like asking "how long is a piece of string?". However, I'm concerned, as my Web host's TOS specifically prohibit me from running long processes which are resource intensive, as I am running on a shared host. drewbee, am I just being paranoid here? Having not used Lucene before, I can't use experience to guide me, so I need to borrow some of yours.
