Hello, I am searching for Ferret best practice : when to open, close, and optimize a ferret index on a classical web application where many people add, read, and sometime delete elements. Do you always keep your index open ? or do you open and close it on every transaction ? Do you optimize your index often ? on every insert ? on every 1000 insert ? or every night ? Thanks for you feedback hakita -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.