What Desktop Search Engine For a Shared Volume?

kriston writes 'Searching data on a shared volume is tedious. If I try to use a Windows desktop search engine on a volume with hundreds of gigabytes the indexing process takes days and the search results are slow and unsatisfying. I'm thinking of an agent that runs on the server that regularly indexes and talks to the desktop machines running the search interface. How do you integrate your desktop search application with your remote file server without forcing each desktop to index the hundred gigabyte volume on its own?'

Call the NSA

[Anonymous Coward]

They already have it indexed for you.

wow!

[tivoKlr]

It's been an hour since this story was posted.

You've stumped Slashdot. Bravo!

Mirror it.

[palegray.net]

You could just rsync the shared volume to a local drive as frequently as needed and run the search engine on the local copy.

Re:How about Spotlight? That works on shared volum

[Anonymous Coward]

As usual, Apple and Closed Source to the rescue! Is there anything open sores can do that comes even CLOSE?

Re:A couple of options

[cyber-dragon.net]

You are on /. and actually recommending an upgrade to Vista?
Brave man.

Re:How about Spotlight? That works on shared volum

[RancidPickle]

I've tried ducks, but they tend to nibble the occasional one or zero, and they leave an awful mess on the platters when they poop. Try Spotlight instead -- not as cute, but easier on the data, hardware, and the nose.

Re:The XP search assistant dog

[ubrgeek]

I see you are trying to write a funny post. Would you like me to help with that?

Re:Mirror it.

[Saba]

File modification date.