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Installing and configuring IBM Content Search Services

You can install and configure IBM® Content Search Services for a single server configuration or a multiple server configuration on Windows®, AIX®, Linux®, and Solaris operating systems.

IBM FileNet® Content Engine preprocesses documents and sends them to the IBM Content Search Services index server for indexing. Depending on the size and configuration of your system, you might want to have multiple instances of IBM Content Search Services installed on your system.

In a single server configuration, a single instance of IBM Content Search Services performs both the indexing and searching tasks for the Content Engine.

In a multiple server configuration, you assign different roles to your IBM Content Search Services instances to distribute the load for both indexing and searching tasks. You can run multiple instances of IBM Content Search Services on the same computer for vertical scaling or you can run them on different computers for horizontal scaling. Each instance of IBM Content Search Services can be designated to do only indexing tasks, searching tasks, or both. You designate which tasks each IBM Content Search Services server does by assigning it a specific server mode:
Index
Content Engine sends only indexing tasks to servers in this mode. You can have multiple, dedicated index servers to distribute the indexing load for high volume scenarios. Multiple index servers also allow failover capability for the Content Engine. If one indexing server goes offline, the Content Engine automatically distributes the indexing load to the remaining indexing servers.
Search
Content Engine sends only searching tasks to servers in this mode. You can have multiple, dedicated search servers to distribute the searching load when you have many indexes to search. Multiple search servers also allow failover capability for the Content Engine. If one search server goes offline, the Content Engine automatically selects an alternate search server to perform its tasks.
IndexAndSearch
Content Engine sends both indexing and searching tasks to servers in this mode. The IndexAndSearch server mode is typically used in a single server configuration.

Set up the site to contain the object store and the IBM Content Search Services servers. All of the documents and other objects are indexed in the same site as the object store.



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Last updated: November 2010


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