Re: [Tracker] tracker on a desktop cluster?

[Martyn Russell <martyn imendio com>]

Chris Fanning wrote:
> Hi,

Hi :)

> I'm new on the list.
> I'd like to know if what I'm planning with tracker is possible or what
> might be the way to get what I want working.
>
> I have a small cluster that serves ubuntu desktops to users via
> freenx. I would like to make tracker-search-tool available to the
> users.
> But I'm not sure how to do it. I've read quite often on the net about
> tracker running wild or using lots of system resources.
> This is something I must avoid because on each node there can be up to
> 15 concurrent users.
> So I thought I could set up a server solely dedicated to indexing
> files. This index_server (lenny?) could import users homes via NFS.
> I could then write some kind of script that runs something like for each user:
> su - uid
> dbus-launch trackerd
>
> Then back on the node the user would run
> trackerd  --no-indexing
>
> Would this work? 

It should do.

> What will happen when the nodes and the index_server
> are running different versions of tracker?

We have a database version file which is checked for this. Right now it
will reindex if the version is older than the current version installed.
Of course, if you pass --no-index, it will reset everything and have no
data until you run trackerd normally.

> Might there be another way to deal with this scenario?

Well, this situation is a little untested. We have mechanisms in place
to try to work round this.

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Regards,
Martyn