SharePoint Search: The Answers May Be Here and the Check Is in the Mail
May 1, 2008
A Microsoft wizard named Dan Blood, a senior tester working in the product group that is responsible for search within MOSS and MSS, says that he will use the Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog “to provide details on the lessons that we [his Microsoft unit] have learned.” The topics Mr. Blood, a senior tester working in the search product group, include (and I paraphrase):
- His actions to optimize MOSS and MSS
- Information about optimizing index refreshes; that is, make sure the 28 million documents in his test set are “freshly indexed”
- Configuration of the SQL machine that underpins MOSS and MSS
- Monitoring actions to make sure the search system is healthy.
MOSS and MSS
My hunch is that you may not know what MOSS and MSS mean. I’m no expert on things Microsoft, but let me provide my take on these search systems. MSS is an acronym for Microsoft Search Server. MOSS is an acronym for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. MSS originated as the search subsystem from within the more comprehensive MOSS system, given a smattering of improvements, then packaged as a separate service. Microsoft plans to eventually roll these improvements back into the MOSS line.
This image comes from http://sharepointsearch.com/images/searcharchitecture.gif. You can read another take on this product here.
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