diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/client.go b/pkg/storage/unified/client.go
index 50f144e39ab..54bf7a888b6 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/client.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/client.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/legacysql"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/federated"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resource"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/search"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/sql"
 )
 
@@ -121,7 +122,11 @@ func newClient(opts options.StorageOptions,
 
 	// Use the local SQL
 	default:
-		server, err := sql.NewResourceServer(ctx, db, cfg, features, docs, tracer, reg, authzc)
+		searchOptions, err := search.NewSearchOptions(features, cfg, tracer, docs, reg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		server, err := sql.NewResourceServer(db, cfg, tracer, reg, authzc, searchOptions)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/search/options.go b/pkg/storage/unified/search/options.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..13a2612319d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/search/options.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package search
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resource"
+)
+
+func NewSearchOptions(features featuremgmt.FeatureToggles, cfg *setting.Cfg, tracer tracing.Tracer, docs resource.DocumentBuilderSupplier, reg prometheus.Registerer) (resource.SearchOptions, error) {
+	// Setup the search server
+	if features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagUnifiedStorageSearch) {
+		root := cfg.IndexPath
+		if root == "" {
+			root = filepath.Join(cfg.DataPath, "unified-search", "bleve")
+		}
+		err := os.MkdirAll(root, 0750)
+		if err != nil {
+			return resource.SearchOptions{}, err
+		}
+		bleve, err := NewBleveBackend(BleveOptions{
+			Root:          root,
+			FileThreshold: int64(cfg.IndexFileThreshold), // fewer than X items will use a memory index
+			BatchSize:     cfg.IndexMaxBatchSize,         // This is the batch size for how many objects to add to the index at once
+		}, tracer, features)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return resource.SearchOptions{}, err
+		}
+
+		err = reg.Register(resource.NewIndexMetrics(cfg.IndexPath, bleve))
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Warn("Failed to register indexer metrics", "error", err)
+		}
+		err = reg.Register(resource.NewSprinklesMetrics())
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Warn("Failed to register sprinkles metrics", "error", err)
+		}
+
+		return resource.SearchOptions{
+			Backend:       bleve,
+			Resources:     docs,
+			WorkerThreads: cfg.IndexWorkers,
+			InitMinCount:  cfg.IndexMinCount,
+		}, nil
+	}
+	return resource.SearchOptions{}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/sql/server.go b/pkg/storage/unified/sql/server.go
index b2cade286f5..9fc287b2f73 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/sql/server.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/sql/server.go
@@ -1,28 +1,23 @@
 package sql
 
 import (
-	"context"
-	"log/slog"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
+
 	infraDB "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/db"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resource"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/search"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/sql/db/dbimpl"
 )
 
 // Creates a new ResourceServer
-func NewResourceServer(ctx context.Context, db infraDB.DB, cfg *setting.Cfg,
-	features featuremgmt.FeatureToggles, docs resource.DocumentBuilderSupplier,
-	tracer tracing.Tracer, reg prometheus.Registerer, ac types.AccessClient) (resource.ResourceServer, error) {
+func NewResourceServer(db infraDB.DB, cfg *setting.Cfg,
+	tracer tracing.Tracer, reg prometheus.Registerer, ac types.AccessClient, searchOptions resource.SearchOptions) (resource.ResourceServer, error) {
 	apiserverCfg := cfg.SectionWithEnvOverrides("grafana-apiserver")
 	opts := resource.ResourceServerOptions{
 		Tracer: tracer,
@@ -55,44 +50,7 @@ func NewResourceServer(ctx context.Context, db infraDB.DB, cfg *setting.Cfg,
 	opts.Backend = store
 	opts.Diagnostics = store
 	opts.Lifecycle = store
-
-	// Setup the search server
-	if features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagUnifiedStorageSearch) {
-		root := cfg.IndexPath
-		if root == "" {
-			root = filepath.Join(cfg.DataPath, "unified-search", "bleve")
-		}
-		err = os.MkdirAll(root, 0750)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		bleve, err := search.NewBleveBackend(search.BleveOptions{
-			Root:          root,
-			FileThreshold: int64(cfg.IndexFileThreshold), // fewer than X items will use a memory index
-			BatchSize:     cfg.IndexMaxBatchSize,         // This is the batch size for how many objects to add to the index at once
-		}, tracer, features)
-
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		opts.Search = resource.SearchOptions{
-			Backend:       bleve,
-			Resources:     docs,
-			WorkerThreads: cfg.IndexWorkers,
-			InitMinCount:  cfg.IndexMinCount,
-		}
-
-		// Register indexer metrics
-		err = reg.Register(resource.NewIndexMetrics(cfg.IndexPath, opts.Search.Backend))
-		if err != nil {
-			slog.Warn("Failed to register indexer metrics", "error", err)
-		}
-		err = reg.Register(resource.NewSprinklesMetrics())
-		if err != nil {
-			slog.Warn("Failed to register sprinkles metrics", "error", err)
-		}
-	}
+	opts.Search = searchOptions
 
 	rs, err := resource.NewResourceServer(opts)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/sql/service.go b/pkg/storage/unified/sql/service.go
index 6ae039d1c7f..4100ef1e1a6 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/sql/service.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/sql/service.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resource"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resource/grpc"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/search"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -110,7 +111,12 @@ func (s *service) start(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	server, err := NewResourceServer(ctx, s.db, s.cfg, s.features, s.docBuilders, s.tracing, s.reg, authzClient)
+	searchOptions, err := search.NewSearchOptions(s.features, s.cfg, s.tracing, s.docBuilders, s.reg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	server, err := NewResourceServer(s.db, s.cfg, s.tracing, s.reg, authzClient, searchOptions)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}