Manage search topology (SharePoint Server 2010)

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Search is composed of several topology components, all of which provide specific functionality required for Search to operate. The topics listed in this article will help you understand the purpose of these components, and provide procedures for adding and removing them from a farm.

• Search topology operations in SharePoint Server 2010 (white paper)

  Describes how to use the Windows PowerShell command-line interface to scale out the search topology in SharePoint Server 2010.

• Add or remove an index partition

• Add or remove a query component

• Add or remove a crawl database

• Add or remove a crawl component (SharePoint Server 2010)

• Add or remove a property database

• Add or remove a host distribution rule

Resource Center: Enterprise Search in SharePoint Server 2010