Creating, viewing, or modifying file stores

Use the instructions in this section to create, view, or modify file stores.

To create a file store:

  1. Connect to the repository where you want to create a new file store.

  2. Navigate to Administration > Storage Management > Storage.

    The Storage list displays.

  3. Do one of the following:

    • Select File > New > File Store to create a new file store.

      The New File Store - Info page displays.

    • Select the file store to modify, then select View > Properties > Info.

      The system displays the File Store Properties - Info page.

  4. Enter information on the New File Store - Info page to create a file store, or view or modify the information on the File Store Properties - Info page.

    Some of the fields cannot be modified for an existing file store. Table 11.2 describes all file store properties.

  5. Click OK to save your changes.

Table 11.2. File store properties

Field labelDescription
Info tab 

Name

The name of the file store. The name must be unique within the repository.

Description

The description of the file store.

The description can be up to 128 bytes in length if in English, German, Italian, Spanish, or French. The description can be up to approximately 64 bytes in Japanese.

Location

Select the location on the server host.

Caution

Be sure that the storage path you specify does not point to the same physical location as any other file stores. If two file stores use the same physical location, data loss may result.

Media Type

The media type to store in the storage area. Options are:

  • Regular Content

  • Thumbnail Content

  • Streaming Content

Media type cannot be changed for an existing file store.

Base URL

The base URL used to retrieve content directly from a storage area.

Encrypted

Indicates if the files store is encrypted. This option is only available in repositories with Trusted Content Services enabled and cannot be changed for an existing file store.

Make Public

Indicates if the area is accessible to the public with no restrictions.

Add Extension

Indicates whether the server appends an extension to the file when writing it into the storage area. This option cannot be changed for an existing file store.

Require Ticket

Indicates whether the server generates a ticket when returning the URL to a content file.

SurrogateGet Method

Installs a custom SurrogateGet method. This field only displays for an existing file store.

To install the method, click Select Method and browse to the method on the server host file system.

Offline Get Method

Indicates whether the server uses an offline Get method. This field only displays for an existing file store.

Status

Select a radio button to change the status of the file store to on line, off line, or read-only. This field only displays for an existing file store.

Digital Shredding

Select to enable digital shredding.

Digital shredding is a security feature that removes deleted content files and their associated content objects. It overwrites the addressable locations of the file with a character, then its complement, and finally a random character. Digital shredding requires a Trusted Content Services license.

Caution

The Documentum Administrator interface for version 6 and later displays the Digital Shredding checkbox for all file stores. If the file store is a component of a distributed store, files are not digitally shredded even when it appears that digital shredding is enabled for the file store.

Content Compression

Select to compress all content in the file store. This option is only available in 5.3 SP1 and later repositories with Content Storage Services enabled.

Content compression is a feature that automatically compresses a file to a smaller size when the file is created. Content compression requires a Content Storage Services license. You cannot enable content compression after the file store is created.

Content Duplication

Select to enable content duplication checking. This option is only available in repositories with Trusted Content Services enabled.

  • When Generate content hash values only is selected, for each piece of content checked in to the repository, Content Server calculates the value needed to determine whether or not it is duplicate content.

  • When Generate content hash values and check for duplicate content is selected, for each piece of content checked in to the repository, Content Server calculates the value needed to determine whether or not it is duplicate content and then checks for duplicate content.

Content duplication minimizes the amount of content file duplication in the file store. Content duplication checking requires a Trusted Content Services license.

You cannot enable content duplication checking after the file store is created.

  
Space Info tab

The Space Info tab only displays for an existing file store.

Active Space/Files

The space used by the file store and the number of files.

Orphaned Space/Files

The amount of orphaned space in the file store and the number of orphaned files.