Solr

[Tanstaafl]

On 1/3/2019, 3:07:18 PM, Daniel Miller via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org>
wrote:
> On 1/3/2019 10:56 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
>> On 12/21/2018, 11:19:42 AM, Daniel Miller via dovecot
>> <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:
>>> There is a *huge* difference between a functional Solr setup & squat
>> Interesting. Care to elaborate?
> 
> This is one of those things that has to be experienced to be 
> understood.  When you can perform an FTS search across (pause while I 
> check current stats...):
> 
> du -c -h /var/mail        136G
> 
> Solr numDocs:        520102
> 
> and using any IMAP client that supports server-side searches (like 
> Thunderbird & AquaMail) the results are basically instantaneous...it's 
> worth the effort.  And that's searching a Dovecot virtual folder defined 
> as "* all", including all my archives, all my list subscriptions, and 
> all the shared Inbox/Sent folders from my other users.
> 
> But I certainly wish it was easier to setup.

Thanks Daniel...

So, as one who has no experience of the benefit of either...

How does this compare with Squat? Meaning, Is it exponentially faster?
Twice as fast?