System Requirements

This topic lists the minimum hardware and software required to run Index Server.

You install Index Server when you install Microsoft® Internet Information Server (IIS) version 4.0 on Microsoft® Windows NT® Server version 4.0.
On Microsoft Windows NT Server, the minimum hardware required for Index Server is the same as that for IIS.
Index Server program files require anywhere from 3 to 12 megabytes of disk space, depending upon the number of languages installed. Index Server can index documents in several different languages.
Disk space needed for storing Index Server data depends upon the size of the corpus (all files to be searched) and type of documents. The free disk space must be roughly 40 percent of the size of the corpus.
For security reasons, it is recommended that Index Server data be stored on a Windows NT File System (NTFS) drive. For more information on security, see the Security page in the Microsoft Index Server online documentation.
The optimum configuration depends upon the size of the corpus, number of documents, and the search load on the server. More memory and faster processors make indexing and querying faster. For details on configuring your computer for Index Server, see Recommended Configuration.