7.0 Planning for Content Searching (Content Indexing)

IMPORTANT:We recommend that you review the following information in Filr 3.4: Understanding How Filr Works to prepare for planning your file-content searching strategy:

Letting users search file content is an attractive feature, but it consumes significant resources.

As a best practice, Micro Focus strongly recommends dedicating one Filr appliance to Net Folder Synchronization and Indexing as documented in Dedicating a Filr Appliance to Indexing and Net Folder Synchronization in theFilr 3.4: Installation, Deployment, and Upgrade Guide.

To arrive at an optimum content-indexing strategy, you will need to weigh the benefits against the cost and ensure that only data that must be searchable is indexed. This will take some time. Worksheet 12 - Content Search Indexing can help you get started.

Table 7-1 Worksheet 12—Content Search Indexing

Heading, Label, or Topic:	Information and Instructions:
	Keep in mind that content indexing impacts Filr in the following areas: Time required to synchronize and index a Net Folder Disk space usage in Filr’s filr/filerepository directory Bandwidth usage between the Filr appliance and the target servers where Net Folders are located CPU utilization on the Filr appliances
Personal Storage	Personal Storage is always indexed for searchability. The worksheet contains a linked reference to the disk space that you have planned for personal storage (Worksheet 11).
Home Folders enabled for indexing	By default, Home Folders are not enabled for content indexing. The worksheet contains a linked reference to the disk space that you have planned to index in Home Folders (Worksheet 10).
Net Folders enabled for indexing	By default, Net Folders are not enabled for content indexing. The worksheet contains a linked reference to the disk space that you have planned to index in Net Folders (Worksheet 9).
After your Filr deployment is running, you can do the following:
Estimated time to create index	Start with a subset (1 to 10 GB) of your data. Monitor how much time is required to complete the indexing process. Increase the amount and monitor the process again. Adjust your estimates based on the planned data size reflect on this sheet.