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<title>Microsoft Index Server Guide: Installing Microsoft Index Server</title>
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<!--Headerbegin--><p align=center><a name="TOP"><img src="onepix.gif" alt="Space" align=middle width=1 height=1></a> <a href="default.htm#Top"><img src="toc.gif" alt=" Contents" align=middle border=0 width=89 height=31></a> <a href="intro.htm"><img src="previous.gif" alt="Previous" align=middle border=0 width=32 height=31></a> <a href="queryhlp.htm"><img src="next.gif" alt="Next" align=middle border=0 width=32 height=31></a> </p>
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<!--Headerend--><p><a name="InstallingMicrosoftIndexServer"><font size=6><strong>Installing Microsoft Index Server</strong></font></a></p>
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<p align=left><!--Chaptoc--></p>
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<blockquote>
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<p><a href="install.htm#InstallationRequirements">Installation Requirements</a> <br>
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<a href="install.htm#InstallationNotes">Installation Notes</a> <br>
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<a href="install.htm#RecommendedConfiguration">Recommended Configuration</a> <br>
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<a href="install.htm#Samples">Samples</a> <br>
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<a href="install.htm#PerformanceNotes">Performance Notes</a> <br>
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<!--ChaptocEnd--><p align=left>This page describes how to install Microsoft Index Server and get it quickly setup to work for you. Just start the installation
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program, point to the <a href="/samples/search/query.htm">sample search page</a> from your home page, and issue a query.</p>
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<h1><a href="#TOP"><img src="up.gif" alt="To Top" align=middle border=0 width=14 height=11></a><a name="InstallationRequirements">Installation Requirements</a></h1>
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<li><p align=left>Before installing Index Server, you must have successfully installed: </p>
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<ul>
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<li><p align=left>Microsoft® Internet Information Server (IIS) version 2.0 on Microsoft® Windows NT® Server version 4.0 </p>
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<p align=left>—Or— </p>
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</li>
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<li><p align=left>Microsoft Peer Web Services (PWS) on Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 </p>
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</ul>
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<li><p align=left>On Microsoft Windows NT Server, the minimum hardware required for Index Server is same as that for IIS. On
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Microsoft Windows NT Workstation, you need 16 megabytes of RAM minimum. </p>
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</li>
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<li><p align=left>Index Server program files require anywhere from 3 to 12 megabytes of disk space, depending upon the number of
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languages installed. Index Server can index documents in several different languages. </p>
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<li><p align=left>Disk space needed for storing Index Server data depends upon the size of the corpus and type of documents. The free
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disk space must be roughly 40 percent of the size of the corpus. </p>
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<li><p align=left>For security reasons, it is recommended that Index Server data be stored on a Windows NT File System (NTFS)
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drive. For more information on security, see the <a href="sechelp.htm">Security</a> page in the Microsoft Index Server Guide. </p>
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</li>
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<li><p align=left>The optimum configuration depends upon the size of the corpus, number of documents, and the search load on the
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server. More memory and faster processors make indexing and querying faster. For details on configuring your
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computer for Index Server, see <a href="#RecommendedConfiguration">Recommended Configuration</a> later on this page. </p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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<h1><a href="#TOP"><img src="up.gif" alt="To Top" align=middle border=0 width=14 height=11></a><a name="InstallationNotes">Installation Notes</a></h1>
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<h2 align=left>Downloading from the Web</h2>
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<p align=left>You can download the following self-extracting executable files (program files):</p>
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<table border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 width=100%>
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<tr><th align=left valign=bottom width=40%><font size=2>Executable File Name</font></th><th align=left valign=bottom width=60%><font size=2>Contains Executable Files and Language Resources For</font></th></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top width=40%><font size=2>Idxsvall.exe</font></td><td valign=top width=60%><font size=2>All the supported languages</font></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top width=40%><font size=2>Idxsvenu.exe</font></td><td valign=top width=60%><font size=2>U.S. English</font></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top width=40%><font size=2>Idxsveng.exe</font></td><td valign=top width=60%><font size=2>International English</font></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top width=40%><font size=2>Idxsvdeu.exe</font></td><td valign=top width=60%><font size=2>German</font></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top width=40%><font size=2>Idxsvesn.exe</font></td><td valign=top width=60%><font size=2>Spanish</font></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top width=40%><font size=2>Idxsvita.exe</font></td><td valign=top width=60%><font size=2>Italian</font></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top width=40%><font size=2>Idxsvnld.exe</font></td><td valign=top width=60%><font size=2>Dutch</font></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top width=40%><font size=2>Idxsvsve.exe</font></td><td valign=top width=60%><font size=2>Swedish</font></td></tr>
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</table>
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<p align=left>After downloading one or more of the above self-extracting executable files, you can then run the program.</p>
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<h2 align=left>Installation Parameters</h2>
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<p align=left>When setting up Index Server, you will be asked where to put the following components of Index Server:</p>
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<li><p align=left>Sample query pages. The sample pages will be referenced by the virtual path /Samples/Search. </p>
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<li><p align=left>Sample query scripts. The sample scripts that work with the sample pages are referenced by the virtual path
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/Scripts/Samples/Search. </p>
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</li>
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<li><p align=left>Data (the indexes). There must be <a href="#diskspace">sufficient free space</a> on this drive. </p>
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<p align=left>To take full advantage of Windows NT security, you should put all these paths on an NTFS drive. The location is very
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important because that is where Index Server data is stored. If you choose an NTFS drive, Setup automatically sets the
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appropriate security on Index Server catalog pages. For more information on security, please refer to the Index Server
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<a href="sechelp.htm">Security</a> page.</p>
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<p align=left>The drive on which Index Server data is stored must have enough free space. The default installation will configure all
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<em>readable</em> virtual paths to be indexed, which implies that the free space must be roughly 40% of <em>all</em><em><strong> </strong></em>the virtual paths. <a href="adminhlp.htm#AddVRoot">To
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selectively enable indexing</a> on particular roots only, see the <a href="adminhlp.htm">Basic Administration</a> page.</p>
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<h2 align=left><a name="StartAndStop">Starting and Stopping </a>Index Server</h2>
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<p align=left>After installing Index Server, you can start by issuing a query. The <a href="/samples/search/query.htm">sample query</a> pages are a good starting point.</p>
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<ol>
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<li><p align=left>Click Start and then choose Programs. </p>
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</li>
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<li><p align=left>Choose Microsoft Index Server, and point to Sample Query Form. </p>
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</li>
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<li><p align=left>On the sample query form, type a word or phrase to seach for and click the Execute Query button. </p>
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</ol>
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<p align=left><font color="#FF0000"><em>Please note that Index Server is not started automatically when IIS or PWS is started.</em> </font><font color="#400040">The first query against a particular
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</font><a href="cathlp.htm"><font color="#400040">Index Server configuration</font></a><font color="#400040"> starts the indexing process for that data set. Index Server is stopped when IIS or PWS is stopped.
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There is no way to stop only Index Server.</font></p>
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<h1><a href="#TOP"><img src="up.gif" alt="To Top" align=middle border=0 width=14 height=11></a><a name="RecommendedConfiguration">Recommended Configuration</a></h1>
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<p align=left>The minimum configuration requirements for Index Server are basically same as for Microsoft Windows NT Server but the
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configuration for optimum performance depends upon the number of documents, size of the data corpus, and the rate of
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queries. A 486/DX4-100 computer with 32 megabytes of memory running Windows NT Server 4.0 serviced queries well if
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the number of simultaneous queries is not too high. For a small organization, this may be sufficient; but for a larger group
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serving more users, better hardware is recommended.</p>
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<p align=left>The recommended configuration for Index Server depends upon the following factors:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><p align=left>Number of documents in the corpus </p>
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<li><p align=left>Size of the corpus </p>
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<li><p align=left>Rate of search requests arriving at the server </p>
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<li><p align=left>Kind of queries. Complex queries will run faster on a computer with a faster CPU </p>
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</ul>
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<p align=left>The following table shows recommended memory configuration based on the number of documents. The size of the corpus
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affects the disk space needed for storing Index Server data. The <a name="diskspace"><em>disk space</em></a> needed for Index Server data in all the cases is
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approximately<strong> </strong><em>40% of the size of the corpus</em>. While the <em>average usage</em> is less than <em>30% of the corpus</em>, the <em>peak usage</em> of
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disk space can be <em>40%</em>.</p>
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<table border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 width=100%>
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<tr><th align=left valign=bottom width=33%><font size=2>Number of Documents </font></th><th align=left valign=bottom width=33%><font size=2>Minimum Memory <br>
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(in megabytes)</font></th><th align=left valign=bottom width=33%><font size=2>Recommended Memory <br>
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(in megabytes)</font></th></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>Fewer than 10,000</font></td><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>16 for Workstation<br>
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32 for Server</font></td><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>Same as minimum</font></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>Fewer than 100,000</font></td><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>32 </font></td><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>32 </font></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>100,000-250,000</font></td><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>32 </font></td><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>64-128 </font></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>250,000-500,000</font></td><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>64 </font></td><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>128-256 </font></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>500,000 or more</font></td><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>128</font></td><td valign=top width=33%><font size=2>256 or more</font></td></tr>
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</table>
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<p align=left>A faster CPU and more memory improves the performance of indexing as well as speed of queries. If the number of
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documents is very large, not having enough memory will seriously affect performance. If you see that performance is slow
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when Index Server is running, add more memory to improve the situation.</p>
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<hr>
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<h1><a href="#TOP"><img src="up.gif" alt="To Top" align=middle border=0 width=14 height=11></a><a name="Samples">Samples</a></h1>
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<p align=left>With Index Server, you can design sophisticated query forms. Take a look at the default samples to see how to write query
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forms.</p>
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<p align=left><strong>Note</strong>   <em>Sample sites, applications, and pages included in this software are provided as examples only,
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and are not intended for use as, or as the basis for creation of, production-quality server applications.</em></p>
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<p align=left>The <a href="/samples/search/query.htm">simple query</a> form query the entire corpus. See the <a href="qrylang.htm">Query Language</a> page for details on creating complex queries.</p>
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<p align=left>In addition to the simply query form, other sample pages show the power of Index Server to do <a href="qrylang.htm">complex queries</a>. With
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complex queries, you can search for keywords, phrases, proximity, and also restrict the results based on properties such as <a href="/samples/search/filesize.htm">file
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size</a>, <a href="/samples/search/filetime.htm">last write time</a>, and so on. You can configure the <a href="/samples/search/author.htm">author sample page</a> to restrict the results to documents written by a
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particular author or authors. </p>
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<hr>
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<h1><a href="#TOP"><img src="up.gif" alt="To Top" align=middle border=0 width=14 height=11></a><a name="PerformanceNotes">Performance Notes</a></h1>
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<p align=left>This section answers some technical questions about Index Server and how it works.</p>
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<li><p align=left>Index Server will index roots that do not have read permissions, but that are physically located beneath a root with read
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permission enabled. A workaround is to append the root to a restriction. For example, you can mask an unreadable
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root named /_unreadable by setting the CiRestriction in the .idq file to: CiRestriction=(%UserRestriction%) &! #vpath
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*\_unreadable\*. </p>
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<li><p align=left>Index Server does not support physical paths longer than the Windows NT shell limit (260 characters).   </p>
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<li><p align=left>A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or a form-based query can send up to 4 kilobytes (K) of data. If a query larger
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than 4K is sent, the behavior is unpredictable. The query size includes all variables sent from the browser to the .idq file. </p>
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