# Suggestions req on Elastic Search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggestions-req-on-elastic-search/3302>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 5, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggestions-req-on-elastic-search/3302 "2010-09-05T00:39:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![prasad\_koti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@prasad\_koti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prasad_koti)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggestions-req-on-elastic-search/3302/1 "2010-09-05T00:39:52Z")

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Hi Shay Banon,

I planning to use Elastic Search so, I need some information on same.

Wheather It is acts as server..?  
And Elastic seach can be used to store data also like MYsql..?

I am planning to build a search engine like Google or yahooo, But I  
know I can't develop such roboust search engine.  
But to some extent I wanted to try out.  
I am mentioning my requirements, please suggest me on this

1.For UI screens, I am planning to jsp  
2.If I use Elastic Search wheather database(like MySql, Oracle..etc..)  
is requied or not(For storing the information like keywords,  
description about keyword search term,)  
3.Is there java api which can interact with Elastic Search  
(supppose user clicks on search button by entering a keyword term,  
that "click"action should be handled ,which will search the data based  
on keyword and display it on screen)

Please give ur suggestions or comments on the above.

Thanks and Regards,  
Prasad

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggestions-req-on-elastic-search/3302/2 "2010-09-05T06:17:36Z")

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On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 3:39 AM, prasad koti [bgkprasad@gmail.com](mailto:bgkprasad@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi Shay Banon,
> 
> I planning to use Elastic Search so, I need some information on same.
> 
> Wheather It is acts as server..?

Yes, it is a distributed "server" solution.

> And Elastic seach can be used to store data also like MYsql..?

In general, yes. Really depends on what you do.

> I am planning to build a search engine like Google or yahooo, But I  
> know I can't develop such roboust search engine.  
> But to some extent I wanted to try out.  
> I am mentioning my requirements, please suggest me on this
> 
> 1.For UI screens, I am planning to jsp  
> 2.If I use Elastic Search wheather database(like MySql, Oracle..etc..)  
> is requied or not(For storing the information like keywords,  
> description about keyword search term,)

As mentioned above, really depends on what you are trying to do. Building a  
search engine like Yahoo / Google is a big endeavor, the search engine part  
is only a part of it.

> 3.Is there java api which can interact with Elastic Search  
> (supppose user clicks on search button by entering a keyword term,  
> that "click"action should be handled ,which will search the data based  
> on keyword and display it on screen)

Yes, there is a Java based native API for it, check the docs.

> Please give ur suggestions or comments on the above.
> 
> Thanks and Regards,  
> Prasad

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggestions-req-on-elastic-search/3302/3 "2017-07-06T04:19:42Z")

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