About K2 Server; Installation Details; Two Verity Modes Now Supported - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 5-ADVANCED ADMINISTRATION Manual

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About K2 Server

K2 Server is a high-performance search engine designed to process searches quickly
in a high performance, distributed system. The K2 search system has a client/server
model. K2 client applications, such as ColdFusion applications, provide users access
to document indexes stored in Verity collections.
K2 Server is a multi-threaded application built around the Verity search engine,
providing access to Verity collections and tracking any changes made by indexing
applications.
The K2 search system is designed to take advantage of the latest advances in
hardware and software technology and provides the following features:

Installation details

K2 is installed by default with ColdFusion server, but is activated manually by
invoking a command file executable.

Two Verity modes now supported

With the introduction of K2 Server, ColdFusion now supports two different modes of
collection searching:
By default, unless you configure ColdFusion to use K2 Server, ColdFusion uses VDK
mode.
Multi-threaded architecture
Support for Verity knowledge retrieval features, including topics
Continuous operation support
Incremental squeeze
Highly scalable
The K2 Server installed with ColdFusion is a restricted version. ColdFusion is
allowed to interact with only one K2 Server.
If you install a fully licensed version of Verity K2 Server and configure ColdFusion
to use the K2 broker, ColdFusion will not restrict document searches.
The restricted version of K2 Server installed with ColdFusion has document
search limits as follows: 125,000 documents (ColdFusion Professional) and
250,000 documents (ColdFusion Enterprise). Macromedia Spectra sites have a
limit of 750,000 documents.
VDK mode The default Verity mode, which has been supported by ColdFusion
since the introduction of Verity into ColdFusion. The
functionally unchanged.
K2 mode The restricted version of the Verity K2 Server installed with
ColdFusion. The
cfsearch
Chapter 6 Configuring Verity K2 Server
tag remains functionally unchanged.
tag remains
cfsearch