Configuration of attached documents for multiple computers and multiple Hypertext Transfer Protocol servers

The multiple computers, multiple Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) servers scenario is applicable to both the WebSphere® Application Server platform, and the WebLogic Server platform.

Table 1. Multiple computers, multiple HTTP servers, on Windows or UNIX
Operating system Configuration Specifications
Windows
  • You store document files on a computer other than the application server computer that runs the system.
  • You store the document files for each Attached Documents folder on a different computer.
  • An HTTP server (such as Apache or Microsoft Internet Information Services) is on each computer that stores the document files.
  • For each folder in the system, you map a drive on the application server to point to the drive on the corresponding Document File/ HTTP server. The Document File/HTTP server is the computer that runs the HTTP server and stores the documents.
  • Three HTTP server computers store document files: servers A, B, and C.
    • Server A stores the document files for the Attachments folder in the system, and document files for which no file path is specified.
    • Server B stores the document files for the Diagrams folder.
    • Server C stores the document files for the Images folder.
  • D is the drive on each HTTP server computer that stores the documents.
  • H, I, and J are mapped drives on the application server computer that runs the system. These drives correspond to Drive D on the HTTP server computers A, B, and C.
  • File names are case-sensitive.
UNIX
  • You store document files on computers other than the application server computer that runs the system.
  • You store the document files for each Attached Documents folder in the system on a different computer.
  • An HTTP server (such as Apache or any other Web server) is on each computer that stores the document files.
  • You mount the network file system that contains the document files from the document file server onto the application server computer (UNIX only).
  • Three HTTP server computers store document files: computers A, B, and C.
    • Server A stores the document files for the Attachments folder in the system, and the document files for which no file path is specified.
    • Server B stores the document files for the Diagrams folder.
    • Server C stores the document files for the Images folder.
  • /d01, /d02, and /d03 are the NFS mount points on the application server computer for the home/file system on each of the HTTP servers.
  • Drive letter, file names, and directory names are case-sensitive.

The following graphic depicts a multiple computer configuration with multiple dedicated document file/HTTP servers.

Figure 1. Multiple computer configuration with multiple dedicated document file/HTTP servers
Multiple computers configuration with multiple dedicated document file/HTTP servers


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