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I posted these journal article metadata & full-text Lucene indexing benchmarks to the lucene user mailing list using the suggested XML format , but it seems like that was not the proper thing to do. One of the list members (Cass Costello) converted it to HTML (thanks :-) ). I've decided to give it a permanent home here. If you have any questions, just let me know. I have some other benchmarks I will be posting with more records (~25 million) but only article metadata, not full-text. The loader that does all of this was developed as part of my Ungava project. Hardware Environment Dedicated machine for indexing : yes CPU : Dual processor dual core Xeon CPU 3.00GHz; hyperthreading ON for 8 virtual cores RAM : 8GB Drive configuration : Dell EMC AX150 storage array fibre channel Software environment Lucene Version : 2.3.1 Java Version : Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_02-b05) Java VM : Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.6.0_02-b05, mixed mode) OS Version : ...

I am in Denver today, giving the afternoon plenary at today's Next Gen Library Interface Conference , put on by the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries . I'd like to thank George Machovec , associate director of "the Alliance", for inviting me down. The meeting is a mix of vendor presentations with two plenaries: Morning Keynote: Marshall Breeding , Director for Innovative Technologies and Research, Vanderbilt University Library Vendor presentation: Encore (III) break Vendor presentation: AquaBrowser Vendor presentation: Primo (Ex Libris) lunch Afternoon Keynote: Glen Newton , Researcher, Information Science, NRC-CISTI, National Research Council Canada: Open source tools and case study . break Vendor presentation: WorldCat Local (OCLC) Vendor presentation: Indigo (TLC) Here is my presentation . PowerPoint created in Open Office. Related post (Marshal Breeding): 2008 Feb 23: Openness in the library (technology) Update March 28: Link to Colorado Alliance of Resear...