Determining Your Indexing Needs - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - LIBRARIES AND DOCUMENTS Manual

Figure 23-5
User
Database
GroupWise Client
Workstation
Table 23-7
Advantages
A dedicated POA for quicker DMS indexing.
This is useful for organizations that are
document-intensive.
The messaging post office is not hampered
by DMS traffic and indexing.
Logical separation of messaging and DMS
databases. Processes such as backing up
databases are easier.
This configuration is ideal for creating a
centralized library configuration.

23.3.2 Determining Your Indexing Needs

The following table presents some indexing considerations and suggests an indexing configuration
based on how the considerations pertain to your indexing needs:
Consideration
Does the post office own
multiple libraries?
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Dedicated DMS Post Office
User
Post Office
Message
Database
POA 1
Production
Network Segment
GroupWise Client GroupWise Client
Workstation
Advantages and Disadvantages of a Dedicated DMS Post Office
Single Server
with One POA
No
DMS
Post Office
Library Library
Library Document
Database Database
POA 2
GroupWise Client
Workstation Workstation
Disadvantages
High-end hardware is required for DMS server.
An additional post office and POA to be
maintained.
Client/server is required for searching and
accessing documents.
Remote access is required for users who cannot
use client/server mode. This ensures that the
slower store-and-forward process is used for
remote searching and accessing of documents.
Dedicated Indexer
Server
Yes or No
Dedicated Indexer
Dedicated DMS
Server on an Isolated
Post Office
Network Segment
Yes or No Yes