7. The computer system of claim 6 wherein the content index further comprises a file name for the content item, a logical descriptor for a client computer that originated the content item, and a size of the content item.
6. A computer system for indexing and searching multiple content items, the computer system comprising: a processor configured to communicate with components of the computer system; a memory configured to communicate with the processor; a secondary copy component configured to select or access at least one secondary copy of the multiple content items, wherein the secondary copy of the multiple content items is a copy of the multiple content items and is not a primary copy of the multiple content items, wherein the primary copy is available by the computer system over a local area network, and wherein the at least one secondary copy is stored at a cloud storage site located geographically remote from the computer system; a content indexing component configured to, for at least some of the multiple content items included in the secondary copy; analyze content of a content item, including analyzing a summary of the content item; and based upon the analysis, generate metadata corresponding to the content item, wherein the metadata includes at least a logical address to the cloud storage site for accessing the content item; and store in a content index the generated metadata of the content, wherein the content index is not stored at the cloud storage site, but is locally accessible by the computer system; and an index searching component configured to identify one or more indexed content items based on a search query and the metadata stored within the content index.