Sitefinity CMS supports the following search services out of the box: Lucene.NET, Azure Cognitive Search service, and Elasticsearch service. By default, Sitefinity CMS uses Lucene, but you can switch between search services or tune their settings. To help you choose which search service suits your needs best, examine the following summary of advantages and disadvantages for each option.
(*) To avoid potential issues, the index data must be stored on a network location to make it reusable on multiple instances. For more information, see Change the location of the Lucene search index files.
NOTE: If you use Lucene in a Cloud deployment of Sitefinity (CI/CD setup), you must ensure that the ~/App_Data/Sitefinity/Search folder is included in your deployment package.
~/App_Data/Sitefinity/Search
The following performance test compares the performance of the three search services. The test does not account for machine parameters but highlights the importance of where the server is located. The test scope includes the search for different news items and the following context:
The following diagram illustrates the performance test results:
In general, all supported search services perform fast and return results within less than 0.5 second even on a high load. If you deploy Sitefinity CMS on Azure and use Azure Cognitive Search in a closer location, the search service will perform faster.
Increase your Sitefinity skills by signing up for our free trainings. Get Sitefinity-certified at Progress Education Community to boost your credentials.
This free lesson teaches administrators, marketers, and other business professionals how to use the Integration hub service to create automated workflows between Sitefinity and other business systems.
This free lesson teaches administrators the basics about protecting yor Sitefinity instance and its sites from external threats. Configure HTTPS, SSL, allow lists for trusted sites, and cookie security, among others.
The free on-demand video course teaches developers how to use Sitefinity .NET Core and leverage its decoupled architecture and new way of coding against the platform.
To submit feedback, please update your cookie settings and allow the usage of Functional cookies.
Your feedback about this content is important