amazon cloudsearch & future search architectures
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Review this webinar given on November 5, 2103 in the UK. Search Technologies' VP of Marketing Iain Fletcher talks about Amazon CloudSearch and Future Search Architectures. For more information, visit http://www.searchtechnologies.com/amazon-cloudsearch-services.htmlTRANSCRIPT
Amazon CloudSearch & Future Search ArchitecturesIain [email protected]
The expert in the search space
The expert in the search space
Agenda
A brief introduction to Search TechnologiesSearch Application Architectures
Common challenges, emerging architectures
Our thoughts about Amazon CloudSearch
Search Technologies Overview
San Diego, CA
San Jose, CR
Herndon, VA
Ascot, UK
Cincinnati, OH Karlsruhe, DE
• The leading IT Services company dedicated to Enterprise Search & Search-based Applications
• Implementation, Consulting, Managed Services• 120 employees and growing• Independent, working with all of the leading
software vendors and open source alternatives
500+ Customers
Future Search Architectures
The expert in the search space
The expert in the search space
A Traditional Integrated Architecture
Integrated Search EngineContentSources
Connectors Index Pipeline SearchIndexEmployee
Directory
CMS
File Share
UI
Etc.
The year is 2013, but we still have:Dissatisfaction with search resultsScalability issues (various)High initial investmentInflexibility in the modelData integration issues…
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Reasons for Change
Today’s leading “indexing engines” are very capableThe challenges to success almost always lie in peripheral tasks. On the indexing side of the house, this means:
Gathering and feeding data to the search enginePreparing data for indexing (normalization, metadata enrichment. Etc.)
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Reasons for Change
The need to cope with continuous and rapid data growthThings usually break first on the data gathering side of the house
E.g. The Government department and the 7TB File Server
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A Traditional Integrated Architecture
Integrated Search EngineContentSources
Connectors Index Pipeline SearchIndexEmployee
Directory
CMS
File Share
UI
Etc.
RE-INDEX
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A Better Search Architecture
Search EngineContentSources
ConnectorsIndex
PipelineSearchIndexEmployee
Directory
CMS
Etc.
RE-INDEX
ContentProcessing
Securexml
Cache
IterativeDevelopment
Better operational agility
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Amazon CloudSearchContentSources
ConnectorsIndex
PipelineSearchIndexEmployee
Directory
CMS
Etc.
RE-INDEX
ContentProcessing
Securexml
Cache
IterativeDevelopment
Better operational agilityMuch improved cost of ownership
A Better Search Architecture
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Let’s take a look at Amazon CloudSearch
If you’ve ever switched on an EC2 server, then you can switch on a CloudSearch server
And of course, switch it off just as easily
Xml or JSON in, for indexingRESTful / xml out, for searchingHas the bases covered in terms of core search functionality
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Amazon CloudSearch: Important Search Functions
Full-on Search NavigatorsResults sorting by propertyPlenty of relevancy tuning controlsIndexing speed is impressive
We’ve tested up to 500 docs/sec
Very long results lists can be served
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Cost Effective & Flexible
The usual benefits of AWSOnly use what you needElastic scalability
Maintenance inclusiveCompare that to the cost of a Service Level Agreement for an on-premise alternativeThen add the labour costs….
From less than £50 per month
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What do you need to get started
Repository ConnectorsCapture contentConvert to xmlXSLT. Etc.
Content ProcessingJava code, Groovy. Etc.A framework product, E.g. AspireCommercial software to suit the purpose
A User Interface
Amazon S3Atlassian ConfluenceDocumentum eRoomSecure File SystemsIBM ConnectionsJIVELotus NotesRDBMSSharePoint 2010, 2013SocialCastTeamForgeWeb Crawling
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Search-specific UI/UX builders are available
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What Applications Suit Amazon CloudSearch?
In principle anyCloudSearch is an option that everyone should consider for search-based applications
Especially where elastic scalability is an advantageOr where the data already lives in the cloud, including S3 buckets
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To conclude
If you like Amazon Web Services, then you’ll like CloudSearch for the same reasonsIt is a full-function indexing engine, ideally suited to agile, flexible search architecturesIf you are looking for a search-based application, it should be on your shortlistFor many applications, CloudSearch will prove to be highly cost effective
My email: [email protected] Useful URLs: Connectors for Cloudsearchwww.searchtechnologies.com/cloudsearch-data-connectors.htmlAspire Content Processing Frameworkwww.searchtechnologies.com/aspire.html A Java API for Amazon Cloudsearchwww.searchtechnologies.com/java-api-amazon-cloudsearch.htmlEnterprise Search Surveyswww.searchtechnologies.com/enterprise-search-surveys.htmlBlog: Searching Wikipedia with Amazon CloudSearchwww.searchtechnologies.com/cloudsearch-data-connectors.html White Paper: A Big Data Architecture for Searchwww.searchtechnologies.com/big-data-enterprise-search-architecture.html
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