Is indexing necessary when running from an NVMe drive and can it be turned off yet?

Jason Burkett
Jason Burkett Member Posts: 1
edited November 21 in English Forum

I have read the forums on this topic but most are several years old, some even dating to 2013! At one time, of course, indexing was needed to help speed up the program's search time. But today with the speed of SSD's is indexing my library still as beneficial? Has anyone been able to do a test of the differences it makes? Because I also know that Window's indexing is best turned off when running from an SSD because it shortens the lifespan of the drive. And with how often Logos is updating and indexing (seems every other week) could this have detrimental effects on my SSD? Thoughts

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  • SineNomine
    SineNomine Member Posts: 7,043

    Welcome to the forums!

    Logos's indexing is completely unrelated to Windows' defragging, and Logos's indexing is absolutely necessary for almost all of its features to work at all.

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  • Fred Chapman
    Fred Chapman Member Posts: 5,898 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1008574#Comment_1008574

    Welcome to the forums!

    Logos's indexing is completely unrelated to Windows' defragging, and Logos's indexing is absolutely necessary for almost all of its features to work at all.

    Not only is it necessary, it is not optional. Indexing is automatic when the program is installed. Indexing will also occur when resources are added or updated. The good news is that indexing in L8 is much faster than it has been in the past.

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  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton Member, MVP Posts: 35,669 ✭✭✭

    I have read the forums on this topic

    But not the wiki?

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  • Mark Barnes
    Mark Barnes Member Posts: 15,432 ✭✭✭

    I also know that Window's indexing is best turned off when running from an SSD because it shortens the lifespan of the drive

    Modern SSDs have a very long lifespan. I installed my own SSD (Samsung 850 EVO) almost exactly three years ago. I use Logos every day, and with a large library, I receive resource updates several times a week, with the accompany indexes that occurs with it. In those three years, I've written 94.7 TB (with all my apps, not just Logos). It's guaranteed rating is 150TB (which will be 4.5 years of use), but it's estimated lifespan is 1,000 TB (2,000 times capacity). At this rate, it should be good for another 27 years…

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  • Mike Binks
    Mike Binks Member, MVP Posts: 7,428 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1008845#Comment_1008845

    At this rate, it should be good for another 27 years…

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