Have terabytes of data at your fingertips but no ability to find anything? This article lists hard-won tips after many years working for an enterprise and developer search engine software company. While the tips use terminology and the dtSearch® product line — these tips are generally applicable.
How to Shine a Search Light Through Terabytes of Data
Build an Index
The first tip is to use the search engine to build an index instead of simply doing an unindexed search. Unindexed search is slow. Indexed search is typically instantaneous, even for multiple concurrent search requests across terabytes. (As a technical matter, …
