Consulting services
In addition to Support Packages, we're also offering a variety of Sphinx related consulting services.
- Installation Jumpstart
- Architecture/Design Advice
- Performance Tuning
- Rapid Response
- Custom Sphinx Consulting
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Installation Jumpstart
Is an Installation Jumpstart service right for me?
- Do you need assistance in getting your planned installation of Sphinx up and running quick?
- Are you looking to migrate to a fast and affordable search engine and need help getting started?
- Do you need an installation/migration project roadmap for a complex application?
Scope of work
- Migration/Installation assessment and planning.
- Installation of Sphinx search engine and porting your application from your existing engine.
Deliverables
- Sphinx installed on your local or remote servers, tables initially indexed, periodic reindexing setup.
- Provide you with a sample search page.
- Provide you with a detailed step-by-step installation and configuration documentation for your specific data.
- Switch your existing application to utilize Sphinx (in full or partially depending on the complexity of the application).
Benefits
- Better understanding of the migration/installation process.
- Knowledge transfer and skills development.
- Help control the timeline and reduce the cost of installation/migration projects.
- Help reduce project risk through better assessment of installation/migration efforts and project scope.
Time and cost
- Performed remotely, using SSH access to your server(s).
- Starting at 1-3 business days (from the receipt of server access information).
- Contact us for a quote
Architecture/Design Advice
Is Architecture/Design Advice service right for me?
- Do you need Sphinx's developers assistance in conceptualizing Sphinx Search with my application?
- Are you about to embark on a new development effort and are planning on utilizing Sphinx Search?
- Are you evaluating Sphinx Search for a project and you would like the recommendation of a Sphinx expert?
- Do you need assistance from a Sphinx consultant on how to architect and design your search subsystem around Sphinx?
Scope of work
- Expert analysis provided in the architecture and design sessions to enable customers to develop and design a Sphinx based application.
Deliverables
- Project specific; includes recommendations intended to assist customer meet their product requirements.
Benefits
- Accelerates the development cycle.
- Helps to ensure the application meets current and future needs.
- Minimizes future re-architecting efforts if/when business conditions change.
- Invaluable knowledge transfer, learning best practices and techniques.
Time and cost
- Performed remotely, using E-mail, IM/IRC chats, or conference calls.
- Starting at 2-5 business days.
- Contact us for a quote
Performance Tuning
Is Performance Tuning service right for me?
- Does your search slow down during busy times?
- Are you having difficulties pinpointing performance bottlenecks?
- Will finding and fixing performance issues take days or weeks of time and expertise that you just do not possess?
Scope of work
- Performance analysis.
- Sphinx-side performance tuning.
- Application-side optimization advice.
Deliverables
- Work done to solve customers' performance issues.
- A report documenting findings related to identified performance bottlenecks, measures taken, increases in performance achieved, and advice for further actions.
Benefits
- Improved performance.
- Customized search application tuning.
- Helps reduce the need for expensive hardware upgrades.
Time and cost
- Performed remotely, using SSH access to your server(s).
- Starting at 2-5 business days (from the receipt of server access information).
- Contact us for a quote
Rapid Response
Is Rapid Response service right for me?
- Do you need help and need it NOW?
- Are you experiencing a Sphinx related issue that requires immediate assistance?
- Do you need to borrow Sphinx specific expertise for an hour or two?
- Is Sphinx Search causing you to consider throwing you computer against the wall?
Scope of work
- Act a temporary member of your team's development staff.
- Provide advice on architecture and design.
- Install Sphinx software, utilities and patches.
- Assist with loading or migrating data from existing system.
- Make recommendations on best practices for development and deployment.
- Assist in performance measurement, tuning and optimization.
- Achieve improved scalability, availability and reliability.
Deliverables
- Defined through an initial technical review.
Benefits
- Have a Sphinx Engineer at your disposal within hours of identifying a problem.
- Maximize the efficiency of your time spent developing with Sphinx.
Time and cost
- Performed remotely, using SSH access to your server(s).
- Starting ASAP (on receipt of signed paperwork).
- Paid by the hour, subject to emergency rates.
- Contact us for a quote
Custom Sphinx Consulting
- Did the other Sphinx consulting options just not suite your specific needs?
- Does you proposed project fall out of the predefined options above?
- Are you looking for features in Sphinx that are just not there yet?
- Do you need on-site presence for support, training, etc?
Scope of work
- Anything related to Sphinx!
- Implementation assistance.
- Production support (we will help you install, troubleshoot, and optimize your Sphinx installation).
- Development support (we will assist your development team with implementing Sphinx/MySQL-based solutions).
- Sponsored/custom development (we will perform priority implementation of additional Sphinx features that you require and include them in subsequent public releases).
Deliverables
- Defined during the technical review.
Time and cost
- Performed either remotely, or on-site (subject to availability).
- Starting within 1-3 business days, subject to availability.
- Paid by the hour (except for feature development), rate depending on the project scope.
- Fixed quotes and limited warranties on sponsored feature development.
- Billed on delivery.
- Contact us for a quote
Let's touch base
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