Google Search Appliance Getting the Most from Your Google Search Appliance - Manual (Page 10)

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Chapter 2
Planning
Chapter 2
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