Networked Drive takes forever to Index

[planboil]

I added my networked drive (connected via RaiDrive) to Everything.

Then it wants to build an index. It's pretty stuck at 33%, it takes one single folder at a time. I have thousands of folders.

It's basically one folder every second, so it will take hours.

Anything I can do about it?

[void]

With Everything 1.4: No.
With Everything 1.5: Yes, if you index multiple folders.

What version of Everything are you using?



Everything 1.5 will have support for indexing with multiple threads.
However, you will need to add multiple folders.

For example:

Instead of indexing \\server\share

You will need to index:

\\server\share\folder1
\\server\share\folder2
\\server\share\folder3
...

Right click each folder under Tools -> Options -> Folders and check Advanced -> Threads -> Multiple threads.



Everything 1.5 will also shown the indexing progress in the status bar on the right.

[planboil]

It's for Everything 1.5a

I chose this version specifically for the ability to index remote NAS that I hooked up with RaiDrive.

I didn't choose specific folders. I chose under my RaiDrive under "Networked Drives" and it automatically started indexing. I set it to automatically rescan every day at 3pm, but if that takes an hour, it will be a problem.

So you propose I go further down, instead of "Networked drives", I should pick "Index" and manually type in for example the first 10 folders?

We have many folders within folders within folders.

[void]

I don't recommend enabling multiple threading.

It will only help with the initial index performance.
It will not help with the daily rescan performance.

If you wanted to try multiple threads:
Remove your RaiDrive from Tools -> Options -> Network drives
Add multiple folders under Tools -> Options -> Folders and set the threads to multiple threads.
Subfolders are included so you only need to add top level folders.

[planboil]

Ah, so there's nothing to help with the daily scan?

The files and folders on the networked drive moves around a lot. I've had no problem on local network drives, but remote network drives take an hour.

[void]

Everything will be limited to the RaiDrive FindFirstFile performance.

Consider setting up an Everything Server if you have multiple clients.

Setup the Everything Server to index your remote network drive.
Setup your clients to index the Everything Server under Tools -> Options -> Network index.