NOT put into ZODB. Only metadata. And the semi-binary content of files
> The issue of storing large amounts of data in the zodb, particulary
> large binary files has been a concern, with the addition of blob to the
> zodb would this become a non-issue?
> Should someone with Nynke's use case be even thinking about storing his
> documents directly in the ZODB?
>
> On Jan 22, 2008 11:18 AM, Peter Bengtsson <
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> <mailto:
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>
> With TextIndexNG3 you get a very good index on that kind of content and
> if you make the documents available as objects in Zope, TextIndexNG3 can
> take care of opening up things like .doc and .pdf and index its
> content.
>
> However, if you make the documents objects by proxy of sorts (i.e.
> metadata such as filename in Zope and binary payload on filesystem) I
> don't know what happens if the file is updated externally without Zope
> being notified to reindex it.
>
> I'd say that what it depends on is how important it is (how up-to-date)
> and if you've got an existing way of linking to the documents on the
> drive from the intranet.
>
> My company has started looking at writing a custom indexing of our code
> and documents in Sphinx (very fast and competant indexing server) but
> unfortunately we never had time to complete it.
>
> Peter
>
>
> Nynke Kruiderink wrote:
> > Hello Shilpa and all,
> >
> > We are about to release our new intranet in plone 2.5 and I'm looking
> > forward to it.
> >
> > Our employees tend to travel a lot, therefore communication between
> > employees is also a challenge for us. We are hoping that with the
> > implementation of team knowledge sharing blogs, and
> organizational news
> > items and rss feeds, that we will improve the overall
> communication and
> > learning within our organisation. We will also be providing wiki
> pages so
> > that staff can easily co-create the intranet and/or collaborate
> online in
> > content creation related to their work.
> >
> > What I have not worked out in detail is the document management
> side of the
> > story. We have a network drive, which is just a wonderful example
> of chaos
> > most of the time. It's great, and it has its worth, only what we
> need is a
> > single platform where we can find all final versions of
> documents, and a
> > single platform where we can conduct a single search for information.
> > Therefore I'd like the intranet to become our document management
> system for
> > final documents.
> >
> > Any suggestions as to what products add-ons I should be testing
> for this
> > purpose?
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your help!
> >
> > Nynke
> >
>
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