Storage

The storage area contains information about existing stores and pages for creating various store types. To access the storage area, select Administration > Storage Management > Storage. The Storage list page displays with a list of existing stores and location objects. If a storage system complies with the NFS or UNIX file system or CIFS (on Microsoft Windows) file system protocols and standards, Documentum can use this storage system. The first ten storage areas in the repository are displayed in the order in which they were created.

A repository can contain the following storage objects:

Table 11.1. Repository storage objects

Storage	Icon	Description
File Store		File stores hold content as files. For information about file stores, refer to File stores.
Linked Store		Linked stores do not contain content, but point to the actual storage area, which is a file store. For more information linked stores, refer to Linked stores.
Blob Store		Blob stores store files directly in the repository in a special table. For more information about blob stores, refer to Blob stores.
Mount Point		Mount point objects represent directories that are mounted by a client. For more information about mount points, refer to Mount points.
External File Store		External file stores do not store any content. They point to the actual file system. For more information about external file stores, refer to External stores.
External Free Store		External free stores do not store any content. They point to a CD-ROM or user-defined storage. For example, the XML file store is an external free store used specifically to optimize performance with XML content files. For more information about external free stores, refer to External stores.
External URL Store		External URL stores do not store any content. They point to a URL. For more information about external URL stores, refer to External stores.
Plug-in		Plug-ins are required for access to external stores. For more information about plug-ins, refer to Plug-ins
NetApp SnapLock Store		The NetApp SnapLock Store is a retention store for content that is retained for a specified time. Retention stores are often used for storing massive amounts of unchanging data, such as email archives or check images. For more information about NetApp SnapLock stores, refer to NetApp SnapLock stores.
EMC Centera Store		The EMC Centera Store is a retention store for content that is retained for a specified time. Retention stores are often used for storing massive amounts of unchanging data, such as email archives or check images. For more information about EMC Centera Stores, refer to EMC Centera stores.
Atmos Store		The Atmos store is a storage system comprised of several distributed services running on hardware nodes connected via a network. The nodes run a collection of services to store, retrieve, categorize, and manage the data in the system or cloud. For more information about Atmos stores, refer to Atmos stores.
Distributed Store		Distributed stores do not contain content, but point to component storage areas that store the content. The component storage areas in a distributed store can be any mixture of the file store and linked store storage types, provided that all have the same value in the media_type property. For more information about creating, viewing, and modifying distributed stores, refer to Distributed stores.
Location		Location objects represent directories or files that are accessed by Content Server. For more information about locations, refer to Locations.