Indexing contents of ReadyNAS for search?

fastfwd wrote:
I assume that your ReadyNAS shares are mapped to Windows drive letters, and your "searches for content" are initiated through the built-in Windows Search. I would imagine that in that situation, the Windows indexing service would work on your NAS shares as well as on all your other drives. Is that not true (or have I misunderstood your basic setup)?

Microsoft indexing doesn't work on network drives on Windows 7 or later.

There is a solution here: http://www.intraipsum.se/blog/2013/02/0 ... r-windows/ I haven't tried it, so I have no recommendation about it though.

Also, there is a risk to leaving network folders mapped - cryptolocker affects mapped drives, but it doesn't affect network shares that aren't mapped. I'm not saying you shouldn't map them, just pointing out the threat.