Microsoft FAST Search Installation Guide

Microsoft FAST Search is becoming both more popular and relevant - rumor has it that it will be the only search and index option for SharePoint 2013 Standard/Enterprise.

Here’s a good installation guide: http://blog.concurrency.com/sharepoint/fast/

To get document preview you’ll need to install Microsoft Office Web Apps. Here’s a guide for this: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/ff431687(office.14).aspx#bkmk_ins_exis_sa