An EMC Centera store is a retention store for large amounts of unchanging data such as email archives or check images. EMC Centera requires a Content Services for EMC Centera (CSEC) license. CSEC must be enabled during Content Server software installation.
Storage systems made by vendors other than EMC are not supported.
In an EMC Centera store:
Store metadata values with a piece of content.
Store files created on Macintosh platforms.
Both, Content Server and DFC must be on version 6.7 and there is no backward compatibility to older versions of Content Server and DFC. Any attempt to store resource forks into a Centera store using either an earlier Content Server or DFC version results in an exception/error message.
Define a retention date or, with Content Server 5.3 SP3 or later, a retention period for the content.
Index content.
Enable content compression in 5.3 SP1 and later repositories.
A repository can have multiple Centera stores. For ease of administration, maintenance, and management, it is recommended that you use the same plug-in for all the Centera stores.
Set the C-clip buffer size or configure use of embedded blob storage by using optional storage parameters. Setting the C-clip buffer size is available only in 5.3 SP3 and later repositories.
Content Server supports distributed Centera clusters in 5.3 SP3 and later repositories. The Centera store plug-in must be stored depending on different server locations:
If all Content Servers are running on the same computer, the Centera store plug-in must be in a file store.
If the Content Servers are running on different hosts, the Centera store plug-in must be stored in a file store that is shared by all Content Server instances or in a distributed store in which each Content Server has at least one component defined as a near store.
For information about creating, viewing, or modifying EMC Centera stores, refer to Creating, viewing, or modifying EMC Centera stores.