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Infostoria Workgroups FAQ
How does it work?
An Infostoria deployment consists of a central content directory
and a number of agents. The agents are installed on file servers,
PCs, or content management servers. They discover content and
register it in the content directory. People find content in
the central directory and download it via the agents from the
various locations.
Is my content secure?
Security of content is maintained at all times. Only files published
in a workgroup are visible to workgroup members. No one else
can see or access these files. Inside a workgroup, you can define
access control rules at the level of individual files.
Does it work across firewalls?
Infostoria content relay servers are used to ensure that large
files can be reliably downloaded across firewalls and slow networks.
What happens if the machine with content is offline?
People can still view content in the content directory. They
can see image thumbnails and video storyboards. They can also
submit requests to download content. These re-quests are queued
and fulfilled when the machine becomes available. A popular
file can often be served immediately from the cache of a relay
server, even if the machine with the original copy of that file
is offline.
Can I serve popular files from my computer?
Yes, definitely. If a file is popular, it is saved in the cache
of a relay server. Most people will be getting it not from your
machine but from the relay server's cache.
What is the agent's impact on my machine's performance?
The agent runs as a low priority background process. The agent's
download size is just a few mega-bytes. Its memory usage at
runtime may go up when content synchronization is in progress
but remains very reasonable at all times. You can safely be
running an agent on a laptop or a low powered server.
Can I share content now stored in Documentum, Sharepoint,
etc.?
Yes, Infostoria has agents for a number of content management
systems. We also offer an SDK that can be used to quickly develop
an agent for a system that we currently do not have an agent
for.
Can I integrate Infostoria with my enterprise portal?
Yes. The content directory can be accessed locally or remotely
with help of a documented API. Infostoria can be integrated
with an LDAP or Active Directory server for user authentication
and single sign-on.
What are the platform requirements?
Infostoria servers or agents can be installed on Windows, Linux,
Mac OS, and other UNIX flavors. The system runs with any database
that supports a JDBC interface: MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle,
and many others. The evaluation copy of the product runs on
Windows and comes pre-packaged with an embedded database.
How is the product priced?
The pricing model is based on the idea of server licenses and
client access licenses. We offer three flavors or the product:
team, department, and enterprise. The team edition comes with
one server and five client access licenses. The enterprise edition
consists of one server and an unlimited number of client access
licenses. The department edition offers the middle ground. More
details are available on
our web site.
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