Copernic Desktop Search constantly monitors your computer's activity to pause or restrict the indexation when the computer resources are highly used (more or less 40% CPU / disk I/O / network I/O) by other programs or processes. It also pauses or restrict the indexation while your are using the computer and restart the indexation after a certain period of inactivity.
Indexing Modes
Unrestricted:
- Uses all available ressources on the computer.
- May be usefull to perform a quick build of your index but could impair responsiveness of other applications.
Restricted:
- Pause indexation if the Copernic Desktop Search process exceed 40% of CPU usage.
- Pause indexation if the Copernic Desktop Search process global I/O (disk and network) uses more than 40% resources.
- Pause indexation for 10 seconds when the focus is in the main interface and you use the computer.
- Pause indexation for 2 minutes when the focus is outside of Copernic and you use the computer.
- Pause indexation while computer is on battery mode.
Smart (Default):
- Wait 10 seconds between item indexation if the Copernic Desktop Search process exceed 40% of CPU usage.
- Wait 10 seconds between item indexation if the Copernic Desktop Search process global I/O (disk and network) uses more than 40% resources.
- Wait 15 seconds between item indexation if you use the computer. Recover after 10 seconds when the focus is in the main interface or 2 minutes if the focus is outside of Copernic.
- Pause indexation while computer is on battery mode.
Modify the Indexing Performance from the Tools menu :
- In the Tools menu, select Indexing Performance .
- Choose between Unrestricted, Restricted or Smart.
Modify the Indexing Performance from the tray icon :
- Right click on the tray icon in the zone of notification.
- Select Indexing Performance.
- Choose between Unrestricted, Restricted or Smart.