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What happens to the index when the crawl component fails?
No, there will be no loss of Index, since the Index component is another component and in your case on another server. When the Crawl component fails, no new content can be crawled which leads to that no new content will be processed by the Content Processing Component.
Reduce the effect of crawling on SharePoint Server crawl targets. You can reduce the effect of crawling on SharePoint Server crawl targets (that is, SharePoint Server front-end web servers) by doing the following: For a small SharePoint Server environment, redirect all crawl traffic to a single SharePoint Server front-end web server.
How does crawling affect the performance of a server?
Crawling content can significantly decrease the performance of the servers that host the content. The effect depends on whether the host servers have sufficient resources (especially CPU and RAM) to handle the load. Therefore, when you plan crawl schedules, consider the following best practices:
How to remove a search component in PowerShell?
View the status of the search topology in the Search Administration page in Central Administration or run the Windows PowerShell cmdlet Get-SPEnterpriseSearchStatus. At the Microsoft PowerShell command prompt, type the following command (s): is the Id of the search component that you want to remove.
When to manually request crawling and re-indexing of a site?
You will want to manually request crawling and full re-indexing of a site, a document library, or a list after a schema change has occurred. Re-indexing a site can cause a massive load on the search system. Don’t re-index your site unless you’ve made changes that require all items to be re-indexed.
In SharePoint Online, content is automatically crawled based on a defined crawl schedule. The crawler picks up content that has changed since the last crawl and updates the index. You will want to manually request crawling and full re-indexing of a site, a document library, or a list after a schema change has occurred.
When do you need to re-crawl a site?
This means that users can only search on managed properties. When you have changed a managed property, or when you have changed the mapping of crawled and managed properties, the site must be re-crawled before your changes will be reflected in the search index.