"John Kane" <jt-kane@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Joan,
> What you're looking for is called "propgation" of the FT Catalogs to
> other servers and while this is not directly supported by SQL Server,
> you can still simulate this via the procedures in KB article 240867
> (Q240867) "INF: How to Move, Copy, and Backup Full-Text Catalog
> Folders and Files" at:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;240867
>
> Also, if you're server is a multi-proc, there are methods to separate
> the MSSearch processes from the MSSQLServer process, if the MSSearch
> CPU process is affecting your SQL Server processing.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
>
> "Joan Shwake" <joanshwake@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:<XQ3%b.1504$Er4.252@fe2.columbus.rr.com>...
> > I assume the answer to my question is going to be NO, but I figured I'd
ask
> > anyway....
> >
> > Can you set the Full Text Search feature of SqlServer to run on a
separate
> > machine? It seems to be stealing a lot of resources away from my DB,
and
> > I'd rather put it on a machine without so much processor load....

"Josh Knepfle" <josh@sparkpeople.com> wrote in message news:<mFo%b.2018$Er4.1099@fe2.columbus.rr.com>...
> So, that machine has to have a license of SQL server on it, too, right?
>
> "John Kane" <jt-kane@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:737946df.0402251736.67807a8c@posting.google.com...
> > Joan,
> > What you're looking for is called "propgation" of the FT Catalogs to
> > other servers and while this is not directly supported by SQL Server,
> > you can still simulate this via the procedures in KB article 240867
> > (Q240867) "INF: How to Move, Copy, and Backup Full-Text Catalog
> > Folders and Files" at:
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;240867
> >
> > Also, if you're server is a multi-proc, there are methods to separate
> > the MSSearch processes from the MSSQLServer process, if the MSSearch
> > CPU process is affecting your SQL Server processing.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John
> >
> >
> > "Joan Shwake" <joanshwake@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:<XQ3%b.1504$Er4.252@fe2.columbus.rr.com>...
> > > I assume the answer to my question is going to be NO, but I figured I'd
> ask
> > > anyway....
> > >
> > > Can you set the Full Text Search feature of SqlServer to run on a
> separate
> > > machine? It seems to be stealing a lot of resources away from my DB,
> and