Help!, Everything is killing my server!

[sergio]

Hi!, i'm having problems with my server and i think it's caused by Everything, it's being used by several users doing searcher over network units.
The problem is when the users do a file search, the opened files on the server goes to over 1000 per user and this reduces a lot the server performance.
I'm pretty shure that it's caused by a bad Everything configuration but... what's the correct one?
Thank you all!.

[therube]

So... tell us about your server, version of Everything, your Everything settings in relation to your server... ?

[raccoon]

Tell us which version of Everything are you running.

Are your users running content searches, loading thumbnails, media metadata?

[void]

ReadDirectoryChanges on Windows Server 2019+ likes to open file handles to every single subfolder.


Some options:

Try disabling 'Attempt to monitor changes' on each client under Tools -> Options -> Folders -> Network share -> 'Attempt to monitor changes'.

Try reducing the number of folders in your shares on the server.

Use File lists, ETP or the Everything Server.