Inktomi Distributed Search

Multiple instances of the same proprietary search engine
Merge results based on standard scoring
- Works even if the distribution of matches in indexes is asymmetrical
Implementations mainly in Intranets
- Country and departmental search engine
- Groups that manage content want to manage the search
Eric Brewer's original research was on non-master parallel clusters...

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Multiple instances of the same proprietary search engine