Change shared repository server and path

Question

Hello Friends,
By default WCI save uploaded documents to the "/dwcipt/appsvr/wci_103/ptdr/documents/PTUpload/Active" location on same server where it is installed, Is that possible to change this default settings in the way where if any document uploaded then it save to different path/location on different server ? for example, wci installed on machine A, whenever a document uploaded should save to /wci/upload locaction on machine B. If yes could you please give me the direction for that.

Answer 1

Yes you can...
The location where DR stores content is defined here:
<beahome>/alui/ptdr/<ver>/settings/config/dr-server.xml
Scroll down in the file, and you'll see something like this:
<application>
<name>ptupload</name>
<paths>
*<active>D:\bea\alui/ptdr/documents/PTUpload/Active</active>*
*<archived>D:\bea\alui/ptdr/documents/PTUpload/Archived</archived>*
</paths>
</application>
You can just change those paths, to a different server, perhaps using a UNC path or mapped network drive. Move the contents to the new location, then restart the DR service.
Keep in mind, there may be a negative effect on upload performance since DR now needs to send the content to a different machine on the network... Or it could take longer to open uploaded files in the KD.... so you may want to test all this out and how things are impacted under a high load scenario.