[PhillyOnRails] ActiveSearch vs acts_as_ferret

[Freedom Dumlao <freedom@freedomdumlao.com>]

Hi all.

I have used acts_as_ferret on a couple projects so far, and have  
really enjoyed it's speed and how great of a job it does at producing  
the desired results. Today though, I ran into an issue that could not  
be easily solved with acts_as_ferret, but perhaps would be better  
suited for ActiveSearch.

I need to have 2 or 3 different indexes to search against for one  
model. For example, I have a Product model. Users need to search for  
a product by it's own columns (name, model, description). But users  
also need a separate search for products that are compatible with a  
particular device, which needs to be a different search. I noticed  
that with ActiveSearch, I could create multiple indexes and choose  
which one to search by. I think this is what I need but I am not sure  
of the power, speed, and reliability of ActiveSearch.

Has anyone else out there used ActiveSearch and acts_as_ferret?

Freedom R. Dumlao
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