How can I use a benchmark with Hibernate Search .J would like well test my solution.
any idea?
thx

there's no general solution since each app is different, but some suggestions:
1 - make sure to test with indexes having the same size as in "production", since index sizes affect performance.
2 - consequence of 1) is you'll need similar hardware and same memory configuration, since memory affects search performance significantly.
3 - avoid testing "write only" or "search only" scenarios, but mix the two activities in a similar ratio as you'll expect by real users.
4 - avoid repeating the same query over and over: both Lucene and Hibernate will cache several things in various layers, and real users will make different queries.
5 - apply good rules of any other performance test (like give it a warmup period before measuring, tune GC first, read a book, etc..)
6 - profile it and let us know what is slowing you down the most, we love to improve :)