Searching afp share points

I am considering upgrading our file server xserve from 10.4.11 to Lion. The main objective would be to provide AFP clients fast indexed searching on share points. We use two, both on external RAIDS, one with read-only ACLs for archived projects.
The clients are all on SL at present. Would they need to be upgraded to Lion for these searches to work reliably?
Is searching AFP share points from the client a reliable feature of the Lion File Server?

Some would say yes, but then you'll find some people saying no. 
The trouble is, everyone sets up their servers a little differently.  If you set it up according to Apple's model and don't stray at all, then you shouldn't have a problem.  The trouble is, you're going to have clients that have their computers configured differently, or perhaps incorrectly.
I would set up a test server first and try it.
Lion is still kind of out of the box different. You're very likely to run into issues.  Some of them might be deal breakers.  It's wise to run a test server first to decide if these issues are in fact okay.
FWIW, my lion server indexes and searches from clients just fine.  But I have tight reigns on all my client computers.
Good luck!
-Graham

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