Unfortunately, it seems that there's no real solution but to turn to another search system. Smart search has proved to be extremely ravenous in terms of database storage, even if you try to tweak some of the (very few) options offered. The issue has already been debated here:
viewtopic.php?f=811&t=1002432
Hope you'll find your pick among the solutions suggested as alternatives, but you're right, by bringing an elaborate smart search in Joomla 4, users are compelled to make choices if they don't want to see their database inflate to the point they need to buy more disk space
A pity the "old" (joomla 3) search system could not be kept.
viewtopic.php?f=811&t=1002432
Hope you'll find your pick among the solutions suggested as alternatives, but you're right, by bringing an elaborate smart search in Joomla 4, users are compelled to make choices if they don't want to see their database inflate to the point they need to buy more disk space

Statistics: Posted by fabio42 — Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:15 am