[How To] Live index updates in Sphinx search

Submitted by Derick Ng on 27 December 2010 - 1:37pm

Sphinx search engine can index huge databases with ease and speed. However, when new data (in database or the configured data source) comes in, there is no point in re-indexing everything again and waste our CPU cycles and other resources. Sphinx offers live (almost real time) index updates using a technique called as main+delta scheme. [...]