# Ferret search too slow, question

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-search-too-slow-question/71375>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 7, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-search-too-slow-question/71375 "2006-10-07T23:35:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![samonderous](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@samonderous](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/samonderous)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-search-too-slow-question/71375/1 "2006-10-07T23:35:54Z")

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Hi,

So we are using Ferret for search. We’re finding that it is spending ~1  
second in Ferret to retrieve something. Are there any configuration  
issues that we should be aware about. We barely have any data in our  
index and we’ve rebuilt it several times without any luck. Any help  
would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Sam

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**Author:** ![samonderous](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@samonderous](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/samonderous)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-search-too-slow-question/71375/2 "2006-10-08T06:29:31Z")

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On 10/8/06, Sam D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Thanks,
> 
> Sam

Are you running the C version of ferret? There is a pure ruby  
implementation, which is orders of magnitude slower than the c  
implementation. From version 0.10 onwards, the c extension is also  
available  
on windows - try upgrading ferret to the latest version.

Cheers,  
Max

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**Author:** ![samonderous](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@samonderous](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/samonderous)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-search-too-slow-question/71375/3 "2006-10-08T06:47:38Z")

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On 10/8/06, Sam D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Sam

Hi Sam,

What version of Ferret are you using? How many documents? What query  
is taking 1 second to return.

Ferret is usually a lot faster than this.

Cheers,  
Dave