What is the difference between AutoFocus and AutoFocus Server?
AutoFocus is a desktop client that is capable of indexing file systems, websites and e-mail sources and present search results in Cluster Maps. AutoFocus Server is a full-text and metadata indexing server that can be queried by AutoFocus but it also has its own web-based UI. It is the web-based counterpart of AutoFocus. Using AutoFocus in combination with the AutoFocus Server means that, rather than letting AutoFocus deal with the task of crawling and indexing sources, this task is performed by the AutoFocus Server. Where in AutoFocus you previously would use a certain source, you can then define a AutoFocus Server source. One of the benefits of this approach is that the AutoFocus Server can be queried by an unlimited number of AutoFocus clients, i.e., you can share an index with multiple users. Also this makes disclosing the information in a web-based format possible.
