Can I disable catalogsearch indexer having fully working sphinx search solution implemented?

[Panaceum Soft]

Hello,

Can I disable catalogsearch indexer having fully working sphinx search solution implemented? Does Sphinx search engine his own indices or needs to be synced with magento catalogsearch index?

Magento 1.9.x

[Pronto]

There're more than one Sphinx implementations. Some require a preinstalled Sphinx server and some have built-in Sphinx. Which one do you have in mind?