To prepare for file storage, you must configure file servers
for file storage areas and configure a remote access protocol. and
prepare the file servers where file storage areas are to be located.
An object store can have up to three types of storage
areas for the content of documents and business objects:
- file storage area
- A file storage area stores content in a network-accessible directory.
The path name to this directory specifies the location of the file
storage area. The names of file storage areas and database storage
areas must be unique within an object store. A file storage area is
usually not on the machine where Content Platform Engine is installed.
- For information about file storage areas, see the FileNet® P8 help topic .
- fixed storage area
- A fixed storage area is a file storage area on a large-capacity,
(possibly) write-once, fixed content device. Multiple fixed storage
areas can share the same fixed content device, or a fixed storage
area can have its own fixed content device.
- For information about fixed storage areas, see the FileNet P8 help topic .
- database storage area
- A database storage area stores content as binary large objects
(BLOBs) in a database.
- For information about database storage areas, see the FileNet P8 help topic .
A file storage area refers only
to a network-accessible directory that is not on a fixed content device.
The names of file storage areas and database storage areas must be
unique within an object store. A file storage area is usually not
on a machine where Content Platform Engine is
installed.