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Using a Desktop Search through the network
Writer:
In our community-run library, we have about 20 computers connected through a LAN. Between them, we have upwards of 150,000 files stored on four computers. These files are of format .doc, .html, .pdf, .txt, .xls and .msg. We've been trying to come up with a search solution that will allow users (who are decently computer savvy) to search all the files, and them access them over the network.
Is it possible to:
* Run a freeware desktop search on the central server and access the search engine on the local LAN?
* Index network drives of four computers, and make them searchable?
We tried to implement this using Google Desktop with a web-server called DNKA (http://dnka.com/). Unfortunately, the latest version of Google desktop that DNKA 0.49 supports is GDS 4.2006.0627; we need to use GDS 5, or later.
mouser:
great question.. looking forward to hear what suggestion people here come up with.
lanux128:
if your drives are in NTFS format you can use Everything to search a networked computer. the instructions are in the FAQ at the website. btw, i just happen to be reading the FAQ but haven't tried yet.
Shades:
Since you are a library, maybe it would even be smarter to use your own search engine. IBM and Yahoo were so kind to give their Omnifind product away for free.
With your own search engine not only the (more) technically savvy users can access your data but everybody...which is kinda the main purpose of a (public) library.
davekelly:
My favourite is Copernic, which easily handles local and networked content.
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