How does search engine actually works?

Question

Dear all, just wondering how does the search engine in plumtree actually works. I mean whatever the folders, files, etc we upload to the sever database, will it place under it's own categories such that it's own engine will search faster? or is it all the folders, files, etc will dump into the final category? erm... get what i trying to say?
thanks!

Answer 1

I suppose by "paging" you mean giving n results per page ?
Consider leaving out unneccesary information, eg. store only the id's for the elements in the search result and retreive the full data from the database as needed.
If even the id's takes up too much space, consider only storing enough for a couple of pages. Then redo the search if the user tries to access a page for which the id's are not stored. If most users only see the first page, and very few see for instance more than three pages, then this will save you a lot of storage, at a price of slightly inconveniencing the rare user who wants to see more than three pages of results.