Advantages of content server

Hi Gurus
I'm researching using Content server in DMS.
Can you give me the advantages of content server in DMS?
With my opinion, when you use content server, you can include database and capacity for further problems such as need more storage space, improve performance...
Best Regrads
An NLP

Hi Athol Hill
The SAP database should never be used for a production environment unless the volumes of documents are extremely low
So, with a large amounts of document we should use Content server. Follow my understanding, Content Server can use SAP DB. In your post, I'm confused the term "SAP database", Does it mean I shouldn't use SAP DB in Content Server ?
I'm thinking about the security in Content Server and SAP Server. (I mean I use a external Content Server). If you know, please give me your opinion. I'm looking forward to your reply.
Regards
AnNLP

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What's the diff between in that?
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Hi Vivek,
regarding your first question I would recommend you to use Content Server storage instead of database. Because the Content Server storage offers a lot of advantages against database storage.
Regarding the second issue with error message 26 163 please see the following information and check the settings in transaction DC20.
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frontendtypes under point "Identify frontend computers" by clicking on the button 'Default entry'.By making a DEFAULT entry in
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Storing document on Content Server - SAP DB or Filesystem?

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I have questions regarding the Content Server and need your expierence and recommendation. Where do you store documents on the Content Server? Are you using the standard SAP-DB, which can be installed together with the Content Server, or are you using the File-System? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
What do I have to do to store the documents in the File System? Is there an documentation?
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Tobias Karl

Hello Tobias,
Storage on the filesystem has the advantage to use existing clustering raiding and hierachial storeage systems for storage and you dont have to implement those features in the database. The advantage would be documents can be found indepentendlly from the ERP-Sysem.
DB Advantages
All data (documents, folders, and metadata) is stored in the database.
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Databese is limited to size 64 TB, then additional database needs to be installed
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File System Advantages
This is faster than the database option if you have large documents since there is no database data streaming. This also enables the size of the database to be controlled more easily since documents are stored in the file system.
File systems are not transactional, so this has restrictions and affects performance. If read and write operations take place for one document in the file system at the same time, these operations have to be coordinated by the repository manager. This happens by recording both write accesses and read accesses in the database. This affects performance.
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There are CM repository managers can be set up in various modes i.e Persistence Mode to save the documents as follows:
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2) DBFS Mode Metadata and folders are stored in the database, but documents are stored in the file system
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http://help.sap.com/SAPHELP_NW04S/helpdata/EN/62/468698a8e611d5993600508b6b8b11/frameset.htm
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Im supposed to assess the advantages of using a content server instead of the database used by SolMan to store documents.
Found some articles about connecting the content server but got confussed about the whole knowledge warehouse thing that seems somehow to be integrated in SolMan.
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Cross-Application Components - Document Management - General data - Settings for storage systems - Maintain storage system -
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