Solr looks REALLY cool. What are the differences between it and Lucene? I know Solr is built on Lucene, so what advantage/disadvantage is there?

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> From: Rehan Iftikhar <[address removed]>
> Subject: Re: [php-139] Sphinx vs Lucene vs ?
> To: [address removed]
> Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 4:08 PM
> Here is a *very recent* comparison of
> Solr (Lucene) and Sphinx:
> http://twittexper...
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> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 5:44 PM,
> Michael Tougeron <[address removed]>
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> I
> use Sphinx for full-text searches of our forum database. 
> It works really well for this use-case because that's
> what it was designed for. 
> It is also *very* easy to setup & get running in very
> little time. 
> There's nothing wrong or negative with using Sphinx for
> product searches, I
> just like SOLR better for it.
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> IMO, a faceted search (e.g., http://is.gd/2M4Q...)
> is important when doing a product search so that users can
> easily filter &
> drill down to get exactly what they want.  This is
> something that you can put
> together with Sphinx, but it is simplier using
> Lucene/SOLR.  I also like
> the did-you-mean capabilities & customizations you can
> do with
> Lucene.  They add complexity to the setup but they give
> you a lot more
> power.  
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> Keep in mind, I'm not an expert in either Sphinx
> or
> Lucene.  Also, I have the advantage of already having SOLR
> setup &
> running so I can choose between the two as we feel best
> suited.  :)
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> btw, a gotcha I ran into with Sphinx was that you
> cannot have
> text based attributes to filter your results.  I don't
> know if this is a
> limit with Lucene as well but it did make it more difficult
> to filter/sort
> results by author name.  I believe this is changing in the
> next (or next
> next) rev of Sphinx.
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> -Mike
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> "I would definitely not
> want to use Sphinx for a product title search."
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> As someone who will have to implement a full-text search
> soon, could you
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> Michael Tougeron wrote: 
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> IMO, they both have pros/cons.  I think comparisions
> for use should beevaluated based on the goals
> & type of data being searched.  We areusing
> both here @ GameSpot.com with good success. 
>  We are specifically using SOLR (http://lucene.apa...)
> in ourenvironment, and found that it works better
> for product based searches.
> The facet search functionality is very useful &
> easy to setup. Sphinx works better
> for full-text searching of our forums.  With
> Sphinx,I *really* like the way you can connect
> directly to a MySQL database to
> do indexing.  I also like how easy it is to do a
> delta index.  I woulddefinitely not want to use
> Sphinx for a product title
> search. Just my
> 2-cents. -Mike
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> SullivanSent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009
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> Such a question might get more traction on a mysql
> group.
> :) -Nick On
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