HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator 2.1.5 deployment guide (June 2006)

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8 - PROXY FILE SERVICE

EPLOYMENTS

4. Type the remote path for the share in the Remote Path text box.

TIP: if the origin server is not the HP EFS RCU server, you specify the remote path using the

Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) for the mapped drive. For example, \\<origin-file-

server>\<local-name>. If the origin server is the same as the HP EFS RCU server then you must

type its full path including the drive letter, for example C:\data.

5. Type the HP EFS RCU server name and port in the Server Name and Port text

boxes.

6. Type frequency of updates (synchronization) in seconds, in the Sync Frequency

text box.

7. Optionally, type a comment that describes the share in the Comment text box.

8. Click Add Share to add the share to the Shares list.

9. Click Save to write your settings to memory.

Mode Description

Broadcast In Broadcast mode, the share originates on the origin server and a read-

only copy is available as a share on the branch office HP EFS WAN

Accelerator. The data is updated periodically on the HP EFS WAN

Accelerator with the data from the origin server. You specify the

frequency of updates (synchronization) when you configure a share.

Local In Local mode, after the HP EFS WAN Accelerator receives the initial

copy, new data generated by clients is periodically synchronized to the

origin server. The folder on the origin server essentially becomes a

back-up folder of the share on the HP EFS WAN Accelerator. Users

must not directly write to this folder on the origin server.

For Local mode, make sure that the folder on the origin server is either

not shared or is shared as a read-only folder.

IMPORTANT: The domain administrator must have write

permissions because the RCU uses that to update this folder.

CAUTION: In Local Mode, the HP EFS WAN Accelerator copy of

the data is the master copy, do not make changes to the shared files

from the origin server while in Local mode. Changes are propagated

from the remote office hosting the share to the origin server.

StandAlone Provides read-write access to data on a branch office HP EFS WAN

Accelerator. There may or may not be an origin server at the data

center with which the share has to synchronize data to. For example, if

you want to load temporary data that does not need to be backed up at a

data center, you can create a share in Stand-Alone mode with or

without a remote path.