Novell GROUPWISE 8 - LIBRARIES AND DOCUMENTS Manual page 16

Table 22-1
Advantages
Administration can be consolidated, allowing
one administrator to specialize in document
management.
Backup can be easier with hardware
dedicated to one DMS post office, such as
optical drives, RAID, fast backup units, and so
on.
If a post office server other than the one
dedicated to libraries goes down, DMS access
is unaffected for users in the remaining post
offices.
Decentralized Libraries
Decentralized libraries are located along with users in different post offices. Decentralized libraries
are serviced by their own local POAs as shown in the following illustration:
Figure 22-2
Accounting
Library
In the illustration, notice that each post office has its own library. Users can see each others' libraries
as well as their own because of client/server access mode.
The following table lists some advantages and disadvantages of decentralized libraries
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Centralized Libraries
Decentralized Libraries
Accounting Development
Post Office Post Office
Development
Library
POA
GroupWise GroupWise
Clients
Integrated Integrated
Applications Applications
Accounting Development
Users
Disadvantages
You must create and maintain a post office
that is dedicated to libraries only (no users).
This configuration guarantees that all
document searching and accessing is back
and forth between users' post offices and the
libraries' post office, possibly degrading
network performance.
If the post office server dedicated to libraries
goes down, DMS is unusable for the whole
GroupWise system.
Manufacturing
Post Office
Manufacturing
Library
POA POA
GroupWise
Clients Clients
Integrated
Applications
Manufacturing
Users Users
Sales
Post Office
Sales
Library
POA
GroupWise
Clients
Integrated
Applications
Sales
Users