"cidaemon.exe " causing processor to run at 100%

Server '03, SP2

Performance was really sluggish, so I checked Task Manager to see what was eating all my processor time: cidaemon.exe was the culprit. Google tells me that it belongs to MS indexing services (cisvc.exe), which Sysinternals Process Explorer confirms.

Now, I know what it is, and I know what it's doing... But I don't know why, or how to fix it. Has anyone experienced this before? Or could you point me in the right direction?

This server hosts a company intranet, meaning it's indexing. Has to, if employees want to search the site. Is this part of those indexing services? I know too little to even guess at web hosting, but someone put the idea in my head.

Fast replies are very welcome, please, and I can research as quick as you forward me links - I'm just worried about burning our processor out and being without a server. =\

 

I think it may have. How long does an index usually take? This took probably 36 hours. My usage has going from a steady high to "heartbeats" with regular peaks and valleys between 20 and 80. I'll continue to monitor it to see if this is a stable and standard level of load on the machine.

I'm new to working server-side, so I have no idea if this was an acceptable length of time.