Find: Store searched filetrees for faster re-search

DerDu · Post by **DerDu** » 06 Jul 2006, 12:47

Hi again...

What i mean is some sort of index-database in which the Filesystemtree is prestored so find could be mutch faster.

I'am doing this kind of thing at my Fileserver-Raidsystem with hundred thousands of files for some time now and it rocks...

i dont have to wait minutes and minutes anymore to find a file but only a few seconds.

true... it only works this way because of a complete backgroundscan of all drives and the information is stored in a sql database, but maybe some indexing in SS would be nice anyway.

sry 4 the bad explanation style

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ok because my english is very plain i did some shema for better understanding

DerDu · Post by **DerDu** » 31 Jul 2006, 22:39

Another way to do realy quick searching:

- as first step - scan the MFT for filenames
- 2nd - check for correct information
- 3rd - do other "Find" routines with the found files

(this is the method used in std. Windows searchpanel)

Post by **Jan Rysavy** » 01 Aug 2006, 07:44

DerDu wrote:(this is the method used in std. Windows searchpanel)

Are you sure the direct MFT access is used at Windows > Search > For Files or Folders? It looks like classic directory tree enumeration... (W95, NT, W2K, XP).

DerDu · Post by **DerDu** » 01 Aug 2006, 10:47

Jan Rysavy wrote:
DerDu wrote:(this is the method used in std. Windows searchpanel)
Are you sure the direct MFT access is used at Windows > Search > For Files or Folders? It looks like classic directory tree enumeration... (W95, NT, W2K, XP).

ah.. sorry..

got mistaken there .. it doesnt (only indexing) .. but programs like "O&O Defrag" (does MFT scan for pre-analysis) do.

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...and your "Undelete"-Plugin too.