[OpenAFS] Search Engine for OpenAFS

[Phil Bartlett]

Hi jeff

This mirrors my requirements exactly. We did think about a client-side but d=
iscarded it  for the same reasons. Why have 100 clients indexing when you ca=
n just have 1 or 2 servers

Very disappointing :-(

Phil Bartlett


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> On 20 Aug 2014, at 18:37, Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@your-file-system.com> wr=
ote:
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>> On 8/20/2014 1:08 PM, Phil Bartlett wrote:
>> Hi
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>> We have just installed OpenAFS across several sites. We would like to ins=
tall somekind of centralised "search engine" that can index AFS realms. Can a=
nyone recommend one?
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>> Phil Bartlett
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> There is no good indexing/search engine for AFS cells.
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> My requirements are:
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> 1. indexing by the file servers not the clients
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> 2. storage of the index on a per volume basis.  This is
>   required so that the index is correct for each readonly
>   and backup volume clone.
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> 3. a distributed search service that spans all file servers
>   so that a request issued to one file server is serviced
>   by all of the file servers that contain relevant volumes
>   without duplication of effort.
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> 4. result sets only contain matching items that are accessible
>   to the authenticated entity issuing the query.
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> 5. integration with client OS search libraries
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> Wish list items include:
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> 1. The ability to issue persistent queries that use the
>   AFS callback mechanism to notify clients when the
>   result set has changed.
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> 2. Automatic generation of thumbnails and other commonly
>   accessed metadata on the file server.
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> I want to implement these capabilities in YFS but I suspect it is going
> to be quite a while before that happens.
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> In the meantime, a client side indexing solution can be used for a
> single platform.  The downsides are the network traffic and the view is
> only applicable to a single user entity.
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> Jeffrey Altman
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