Best Practices (Indexing Version 1)

Apply the following best practices to obtain the best results with local index storage:

  • Use a volume dedicated to the index cache directory, formatted with a block allocation size of 32K.

  • Configure antivirus exclusions for Windows and UNIX.

  • For Microsoft Windows MediaAgents, disable Microsoft Windows indexing service on the drive. For more information, see Microsoft documentation.

  • For Microsoft Windows MediaAgents, do not enable Windows Deduplication on a volume that contains the index cache directory, as this may cause a significant drop in performance and may cause jobs to fail.

  • Do not locate the index cache directory on the system drive of the MediaAgent hosting it.

  • Do not locate the index cache directory on a compressed drive.

  • For best performance, locate the index cache directory on a solid state drive (SSD).

  • Do not locate the index cache directory folder directly under the <software_installation_directory>.

  • For Unix, do not specify root as the index cache directory.

  • When entering the index cache directory path or the index log cache directory path, note the following:

    • The path may not exceed a total of 75 characters.

    • The path may not contain special characters.

    • The path may not contain Unicode characters.

    • The path may not contain the word "temp" (for example, c:\Indexcache_temp)

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