[Xapian-discuss] Chert backend

[Felix Antonius Wilhelm Ostmann]

Am 16.10.2010 14:44, schrieb Olly Betts:
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:26:33PM +0300, P K wrote:
>> As Chert backend is not the default Xapian backend for the 1.2 branch, I am
>> thinking about switching from Flint to Chert. However, I am wondering how do
>> both compare in performance and index size? 
> 
> Chert indexes are smaller.  Chert is faster in almost all cases, and in
> some cases substantially so.

Are we talking about 1-5% or 20-50%? Whould you recommend all to change
to chert if it is possible?


> 
>> My indexes are updated quite frequently, so this is my priority. Which is
>> better in this case?
> 
> The only reason to use flint is if you need compatibility with 1.0.x, or
> have existing flint databases you can't easily convert.
> 
> Cheers,
>     Olly
> 
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