Like other software system deployments, planning is the first and most important phase. For deploying a universal search solution, the following planning activities can help make your deployment a success:
- Capturing requirements for users, content and security, performance and scalability, and administration and reporting
- Identifying deployment phases
- Defining success criteria
- Transitioning to “business as usual”
Google Search Appliance Notes from the Field
Google offers comprehensive information about deployment planning in the Google Search Appliance “Notes from the Field” (https://support.google.com/gsa/answer/2721831) These documents contain information about the following topics:
- Getting started with deploying a search appliance
- Updating and migrating a search appliance
- Deployment architectures
- Search solution design and planning
- Security
- User experience
- Content integration
- Deployment scenarios
- Deployment governance and operational models
- Administrative APIs
- Google Analytics integration
Google recommends using the Google Search Appliance “Notes from the Field” (https://support.google.com/gsa/answer/2721831 as your primary resource when planning and deploying a search solution with the Google Search Appliance.