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    NAS with search?

    Anyone know of any NAS boxes that let you search them in a decent way?

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    Re: NAS with search?

    Define "decent way" - I'd imagine some of the more hackable linux ones would allow for some kind of indexing to be hacked in.

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    Re: NAS with search?

    Windows clients? locate32? I use it for my x3 HDDs. The index updates on a schedule of your choice. It is very speedy.

    http://locate32.net/content/view/14/26/

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    Re: NAS with search?

    Very interesting.

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    Re: NAS with search?

    Windows Home Server, with the new features in windows 7 libraries, it just keeps getting better and better!
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    Re: NAS with search?

    Unfortunately if you don't have WHS then the windows 7 libaries cannot be used as the location must 1st be indexed, and iirc windows 7 will only allow local drives to be indexed?

    Some NAS devices have built in search on the web file gui, for instance the synology NAS boxes have a search prompt on the filestation and admin webgui. Having said that it is a basic keyword search, no advanced properties.

    locate32 looks like it may do the job, i might try that myself.
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    Re: NAS with search?

    WHS has indexing support, which ties in with Vista and later searching automatically.

    On my Windows 7 laptop (using it now) i have the Photo's folder i have on my WHS included in my Picture library.

    So say if i now do a search for "Watergate Bay", i see a couple of emails, and a load of photos

    It just fricken works, no effort, no complexity. I would highly recommend it to OP.
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