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Caching: Offline caching allows users to cache files and programs from

the share to their local machines. There are three options:

• Only the files and programs that users specify will be available offline.

This option lets users select the files that will be available offline.

• All files and programs that users open from the share will be

automatically available offline. If you check “Optimized for

Performance,” all programs are automatically cached and can be run

locally. This feature is useful for file servers that host applications, as it

reduces network traffic and improves server scalability.

• Files or programs from the share will not be available offline. Files and

programs are not cached offline.

Probe Configuration: The Matrix File Share monitor periodically probes

the health of the file share. The timeout is the maximum amount of time

that will be waited for the probe to complete. The default timeout interval

is 15 seconds.

The frequency is the interval of time, in seconds, at which the monitor

probes the file share. The default setting is 10 seconds.

Servers: Select the servers on which the Matrix File Share should be

configured. Using the arrows, move the appropriate servers from the

Available Servers column to the Selected Servers column.

When you click OK, the Matrix File Share appears on the Servers and

Applications tabs on the PolyServe Management Console.

NOTE: If a Matrix File Share is configured to allow sharing its

subdirectories, an asterisk (*) appears at the end of the path for the

Matrix File Share (for example, C:\test8\*). The shared

subdirectories are not displayed on the Servers or Applications

tabs; however, alerts will be displayed if the Matrix File Share

monitor detects a problem with a shared subdirectory.

On the following Servers tab, three Matrix File Shares are configured on

each server. On each server, the Matrix File Share monitor is probing the

health of the file share. (In the example, all file shares are UP.)