MySQL 5.6 InnoDB Full Text Search

Question

I realize that MySQL 5.6 is still in beta, but does anyone have experience using the new InnoDB FTS engine? How does it compare to something like Sphinx?

Thanks Jason

Answer 1

Remember, that Sphinx search is developed for full text searching in mysql it's just a feature...

Here you have compare of sphinx and mysql FTS: http://www.percona.com/files//presentations/opensql2008_sphinx.pdf

Here is performance test of InnoDB FTS compared to MyISAM: http://blogs.innodb.com/wp/2011/07/innodb-fts-performance/

InnoDB its bit faster especially in indexing, but it's still far away from sphinx performance...