Part 6 - FAST for SharePoint 2010 References

• Part 1 - FAST for SharePoint 2010 Features and Proposition
• Part 2 – FAST for SharePoint 2010 Logical Architecture
• Part 3 – FAST for SharePoint 2010 Physical Architecture
• Part 4 – FAST for SharePoint 2010 Farm Configuration
• Part 5 – FAST for SharePoint 2010 Service Configuration
• Part 6 – FAST for SharePoint 2010 References

References

Below is a full list of all the resources I used for this series on FAST for SharePoint.

Background References

• SharePoint 2010 Service Architecture - http://www.astaticstate.com/2010/01/sharepoint-2010-service-architecture.html - This will give you a brackground if you do not have one.
• SharePoint 2010 Search Architecture - http://www.astaticstate.com/2010/12/sharepoint-2010-search-architecture.html - This will give you a background on the out of the box SharePoint 2010 Search.
• FAST ESP Series - http://www.astaticstate.com/2010/01/fast-components-introduction.html - This will give you a background of the FAST ESP 5.3 product. The components and architecture are very much the same.

FAST for SharePoint Planning and Architecture References

• FAST Service Blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/arnts/archive/2010/01/27/the-two-types-of-search-service-applications-in-a-sharepoint-2010-deployment-with-fast-search-server.aspx - diagram I used to explain the types of FAST services.
• FAST for SharePoint Architecture Blog - http://blogs.technet.com/b/vedant/archive/2009/11/13/information-on-fast-search-server-2010-for-sharepoint.aspx
• FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Resource Center - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/enterprisesearch/ee441234.aspx
• FAST for SharePoint Videos - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/enterprisesearch/ff960998.aspx
• Deployment and Scalability for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Video – may be a bit boring but this is a really good one to understand scaling of the FAST for SharePoint Farm - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/enterprisesearch/gg213844.aspx
• FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Capacity Planning – I highly recommend reading to really gain a deep understanding of FAST - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=65B799E3-825C-4398-8CD7-3311D3297997&displaylang=en
• Plan FAST Search Server farm topology (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint) - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff599530.aspx
• Plan search topology (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint) – Good article that explains what a FAST for SharePoint Farm looks like - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff599528.aspx

FAST for SharePoint Deployment References

• Deployment guide for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=36411da5-ea48-4ab5-8114-21adb21259de&displaylang=en - this is a must read
• deployment.xml reference – Study and learn this - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff354931.aspx
• Deployment options (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint) – Has more examples of the deployment.xml - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff599532.aspx
• FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Capacity Planning – Has several good examples of deployment.xml files - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=65B799E3-825C-4398-8CD7-3311D3297997&displaylang=en
• Reconfigure the farm deployment (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint) - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff381247.aspx