I would add that it generally does better for "realtime" applications. If
your index is updated often, ES *might* perform much better than Solr.

http://blog.socialcast.com/realtime-search-solr-vs-elasticsearch/

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> So the main advantages to ES over Solr that I can think of offhand are the
> fact that you can store and search on complex JSON documents (that is,
> documents with nested objects, etc.) making it an effective standalone
> document database and the fact that it will automatically replicate and
> shard to other instances using zeroconf.
>
> -Ross.
>
> On Mar 14, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to decide whether we should evaluate it and possibly do a
> > Drupal integration.
> >
> > I know that this is not a trivial question, but, being lazy, I would like
> > to know in what ways it provides services that I can't get from Solr. I
> > have looked at the comparo cheatsheet — http://solr-vs-elasticsearch.com
> >
> > Cary
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:59 AM, MJ Suhonos <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Likewise, I've been using it since mid-2010 (0.6.0).  What do you want
> to
> >> know about it?
> >>
> >> MJ
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cary Gordon
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> > http://chillco.com
>