# Any open source tools to index and search Windows File Server by using ElasticSearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-open-source-tools-to-index-and-search-windows-file-server-by-using-elasticsearch/124615>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 19, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-open-source-tools-to-index-and-search-windows-file-server-by-using-elasticsearch/124615 "2018-03-19T17:16:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![fengfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@fengfly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fengfly)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-open-source-tools-to-index-and-search-windows-file-server-by-using-elasticsearch/124615/1 "2018-03-19T17:16:57Z")

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Hello Expert, after some internet search, the best I found it this link: [https://github.com/dadoonet/fscrawler](https://github.com/dadoonet/fscrawler). However from its own description, it is only for local file systems on Windows,

It would be really appreciated if you could shed some lights on this since we are new to this area.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-open-source-tools-to-index-and-search-windows-file-server-by-using-elasticsearch/124615/2 "2018-03-19T17:59:48Z")

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If you mount the disk on a windows machine then this project might work. (Not tested)

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**Author:** ![fengfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@fengfly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fengfly)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-open-source-tools-to-index-and-search-windows-file-server-by-using-elasticsearch/124615/3 "2018-03-20T14:52:59Z")

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I see, thanks @dadoonet, great to see your reply. Just wonder if you have any performance matrix for fscrawler. We are thinking to use it on terabytes of windows file share. Or anything you think we need to pay attention?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-open-source-tools-to-index-and-search-windows-file-server-by-using-elasticsearch/124615/4 "2018-03-20T18:14:16Z")

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I'd just say that it has not been optimized at all. Like it's single threaded so you'd better launch multiple instances in parallel one per the first subdir you have for instance.

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**Author:** ![fengfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@fengfly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fengfly)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-open-source-tools-to-index-and-search-windows-file-server-by-using-elasticsearch/124615/5 "2018-03-20T18:30:23Z")

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Got it. Thanks. We would look into it to get more understanding.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-open-source-tools-to-index-and-search-windows-file-server-by-using-elasticsearch/124615/6 "2018-04-17T18:30:25Z")

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