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Status Needs Review
Workspace Domino
Categories General
Created by Guest
Created on May 26, 2026

Provide some way to change the place where database full text indexes are stored.

Database's full text indexes are stored in <XXXXXX.ft> folder which is in the same path level as database.

For example :

Database: C:\HCL\Domino\data\mail\user.nsf

Folder to store the above database's full text index: C:\HCL\Domino\data\mail\user.FT

Customer wishes HCL could provide some way to change the place to store database full text indexes.

For example, provide a new Domino notes.ini parameter Database_FullText_Index_Root which can set the root path to store database indexes, like following:

Database_FullText_Index_Root=D:\HCL\DominoFullTextIndex


And then create full text indexes under Database_FullText_Index_Root like following

Database:C:\HCL\Domino\data\mail\user.nsf

Folder to store the above database's full text index: D:HCL\DominoFulltextIndex\mail\user.FT


Thanks!

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  • Guest
    May 26, 2026

    This already exists since Domino version 8.5.3 and Daniel Nashed explains in this blog post how to enable that:

    https://blog.nashcom.de/nashcomblog.nsf/dx/full-text-index-on-separate-drive.htm?opendocument&comments