SE-Radio Episode 292: Philipp Krenn on Elasticsearch

Phillipp Krenn talks with SE Radio’s Jeff Meyerson about
Elasticsearch, a scalable search index. The conversation begins
with a discussion of search, how it compares to database queries,
and what an inverted index is. Phillipp introduces Wikipedia as
an example that runs throughout the episode because Wikipedia
uses Elasticsearch to power its full-text search. A discussion of
Elasticsearch’s scalability ensues, including basic terminology
and an explanation of other applications of Elasticsearch.