Branch Office Caching Services (BOCS) servers cache content locally. Caching content allow quick access to content. The amount of cached content and the storage time can be configured. Content can also be cached programmatically prior to user requests or through a pre-caching job. A BOCS server can serve content from multiple repositories.

BOCS servers communicate only with ACS servers and DMS servers, but not directly with Content Servers. Every BOCS server for Documentum 6 or later repositories is associated with a dm_bocs_config object. The installation program for the BOCS server does not create the object at installation time. The BOCS server must be added manually, using the properties on the BOCS Servers Configuration page. All BOCS configuration objects for Documentum 6 or later repositories reside in the global registry in the /System/BocsConfig folder.

To create, modify, or view BOCS configuration objects, you must have superuser privileges and be connected to the global repository that is associated with the DFC installation. If you are not connected to the global repository and click the BOCS Server node, the system displays an error message and provides a link to the login page of the global registry repository.