type
type
Index type. Known values are 'plain', 'distributed', 'rt' and 'template'. Optional, default is 'plain' (plain local index).
Sphinx supports several different types of indexes.
Versions 0.9.x supported two index types: plain local indexes
that are stored and processed on the local machine; and distributed indexes,
that involve not only local searching but querying remote searchd
instances over the network as well (see the section called “Distributed searching”).
Version 1.10-beta also adds support
for so-called real-time indexes (or RT indexes for short) that
are also stored and processed locally, but additionally allow
for on-the-fly updates of the full-text index (see Chapter 4, Real-time indexes).
Note that attributes can be updated on-the-fly using
either plain local indexes or RT ones.
In 2.2.1-beta template indexes was introduced. They are actually a
pseudo-indexes because they do not store any data. That means they do not create
any files on your hard drive. But you can use them for keywords and snippets
generation, which may be useful in some cases.
Index type setting lets you choose the needed type. By default, plain local index type will be assumed.
Example:
type = distributed
