Large files / very large indexes

Ruby Apps Ferret
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Hi,

There are some references in this forum to compiling ferret with support
for large files. I’m trying to index about 6GB of data, most of it
stored.

Is it still the case that you need to compile specially for large files,
or is this now fixed by default? I’m using ferret 0.11.4, ubuntu 7.10.

Apart from this, are there any known limits to the amount of data that
ferret can index?

thanks,

Bob

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bump

In case anyone else was wondering, it seems that the large file issue is
fixed in the trunk thanks to this patch:

http://ferret.davebalmain.com/trac/ticket/215

Maybe other people are well aware of this problem but it’s not in the
FAQ and it caused me quite a bit of heartache. >2GB of index is not that
unusual, and now that i’ve got it working i can search 6GB (stored)
pretty much instantly. Which is amazing.