topic Index Searching for 500GB of CIFS workload in FAS3640 in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Index-Searching-for-500GB-of-CIFS-workload-in-FAS3640/m-p/55403#M12964 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a FAS3640 storage and have some 10 users accessing a 500GB of CIFS workload. I want to create a index at storage level for 500GB of data to make search faster. I understand that NETapp storage supports indexing at the client level and not at the storage level. Is there any scripts available for indexing or do i need to have a indexing server (a windows storage server) for faster index search.</P><P></P><P>If any scripts available, please share</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:56:47 GMT KSVARUNBABU 2025-06-05T05:56:47Z Index Searching for 500GB of CIFS workload in FAS3640 https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Index-Searching-for-500GB-of-CIFS-workload-in-FAS3640/m-p/55403#M12964 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a FAS3640 storage and have some 10 users accessing a 500GB of CIFS workload. I want to create a index at storage level for 500GB of data to make search faster. I understand that NETapp storage supports indexing at the client level and not at the storage level. Is there any scripts available for indexing or do i need to have a indexing server (a windows storage server) for faster index search.</P><P></P><P>If any scripts available, please share</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:56:47 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Index-Searching-for-500GB-of-CIFS-workload-in-FAS3640/m-p/55403#M12964 KSVARUNBABU 2025-06-05T05:56:47Z Re: Index Searching for 500GB of CIFS workload in FAS3640 https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Index-Searching-for-500GB-of-CIFS-workload-in-FAS3640/m-p/55408#M12967 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Varun,</P><P></P><P>I'm not aware of any way for the NetApp system to provide the index.&nbsp; It does provide an API called SnapDiff that can be used by 3rd party software to discover files on a volume and changes to them between snapshots.&nbsp; So a software could use this API to efficiency discover the files on a volume, and update it's index to capture changes to those files.&nbsp; NetApp provides a software that does this that is targeted specifically at finding files to restore from snapshots called File Search and Restore (FSR): <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.netapp.com/groups/fsr" target="_blank">https://communities.netapp.com/groups/fsr</A>.&nbsp; It's not exactly what you're looking for but I thought I'd mention.&nbsp; There might be some 3rd party software out there that does what you want but I'm not aware of it.</P><P></P><P>Cheers,</P><P>Chris Madden</P><P>Storage Architect, NetApp EMEA</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 06:59:24 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Index-Searching-for-500GB-of-CIFS-workload-in-FAS3640/m-p/55408#M12967 madden 2013-08-07T06:59:24Z Re: Index Searching for 500GB of CIFS workload in FAS3640 https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Index-Searching-for-500GB-of-CIFS-workload-in-FAS3640/m-p/55412#M12969 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm also not aware of a file-indexing solution that's provided by NetApp.&nbsp; I did just see a demo of the Syncsort ECX product that will index file names and locations, but not the contents of the files.&nbsp; The Syncsort rep did mention using the NetApp API.</P><P></P><P>Building a file content index for something similar to a Google search is an entirely different problem.&nbsp; Usually built into a SharePoint solution using FAST or SharePoint 2013.</P><P></P><P>Also, I'm not an employee or have any affiliation to Syncsort.</P><P></P><P>Best of luck,</P><P>Mark O'Pella</P><P>Systems Architect</P><P>Rosetta Resources</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 20:31:50 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Index-Searching-for-500GB-of-CIFS-workload-in-FAS3640/m-p/55412#M12969 markopella 2013-08-07T20:31:50Z