The speed of full text searching has decreased over time. Searches tend to take longer than expected to complete.
Often, the Full Text Index can fragment due to routine SQL locks, stopping and starting the service, and circumstantial errors. This is normal and does not affect the ability for the Index to function. However, it can slow down subsequent indexing and searching, as a fragmented index takes longer to search through.
Using the optimization function of the index service will instruct the indexing tool to go through the index and organize it in the best way for future searching. In larger environments, it is recommended that you schedule the optimization job to run monthly or weekly based on your environment needs. To optimize the index using the least amount of disk space, on the Archive Manager services server do the following:
1) Stop the Archive Manager Full Text Index Service and the Archive Manager Full Text Search Service
2) Open a Command Prompt window as the user that the services run as, or use the RunAs /USER <username> cmd command.
3) Browse to the C:\Program Files\ArchiveManager or C:\Program Files\Quest Software\ArchiveManager (depending on your installation)
4) Type the following in the command line "Archive Full Text Index Service.exe" -optimize
5) Wait for it to finish and start the Archive Manager Full Text Index Service again.
Please note that on the disk which contains the index you will need space equal to twice the size of your index in order to successfully complete the optimization. Just like defragmenting a disk drive, the tool needs room to temporarily store files while it reorganizes. Also note that if you are in a situation where you cannot stop the Indexing and Searching services, you can still run your optimization. However, you will need at least three times the size of your index in free space for it to successfully complete.
This procedure may take several hours to complete.
