Xapian discuss - Oct 2010 - Chert backend

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?

My indexes are updated quite frequently, so this is my priority. Which is better
in this case?

Regards,
PK

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.
> 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