I tried it a long time ago. Sometimes the index breaks (in my experience) and you have to re-do it. While it is being rebuilt, users may not be able to find what they are looking for.
Also it changes how the users can search for things. No more partial matches. You'd have to send your users to take a small course on how to search. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Hutchings Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 11:56 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Full Text Indexing Can anyone give me any pointers on Full Text Indexing? I've read the various docs and I guess I'm after a little real-world feedback. I have a single 2003 Enterprise server with a single storage group and approx 600 mailboxes with a single mailbox store of around 70gb. The server has 4gb of ram and a 6 x 146gb 10k SCSI Raid10 for the databases. Logs are on a 2 x 76gb 15k Raid1 with the OS (separate partitions). The Microsoft documents say to allow between 10 to 30 percent for the text index. They also talk about having separate disks for the index. HP say "without proper configuration and tuning the deployment risks may outweigh the benefits" so I'm a little wary of trying to JFDI. I should stress that I'm not being bombarded with complaints that it takes a long time to search, I've just migrated from 5.5 to 2003 and am looking at all the new features trying to work out what will be of benefit and what may not. Any tips/pointers/words of wisdom would be appreciated. cheers, Paul -- Paul Hutchings Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd. Tel: 44 (0)24 7635 5378, Fax: 44 (0)24 7635 8378 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
