Will indexing a network affect performance for other users?

[wasteland57]

If I run Everything on my PC and index the company file server, will it slow down the network at all?

[NotNull]

That is certainly possible. Contact your IT department before you do.

[minsik]

hi wasteland57
I run Everything in my work laptop and i index a local state file server, and also two folders located on out hq servers over a internal lan, they are in other states. Our network is aust wide 10mbit total only for all traffic and i have not had any problems or affect on the networks in remote locations when its doing the indexing. I or our it department who monitor throughput and bottle necks have not noticed any bumps in demand.

Ie Clean bill of health from me. I disable "try to update in realtime" or whatever its called.

[NotNull]

And here you can read about someone less lucky.
Always contact IT first.