3.6.1 HP PolyServe Software for Windows File Serving Administration Guide (T5392-96019, July 2008)

Chapter4:ConfigureVirtualCIFSServers 26
Path:TypethelocationoftheVirtualFileShare(suchasy:\).Thisis
typicallythedriveletterorpathassignedtothePSFSfilesyst emthatwill
beaccessedviathisshare.
Sharesubdirectories:Checkthisboxtoshareallsubdirectoriesthatare
onelevelunderthespecifiedpath.CIFSclients
canthenattachdirectlyto
thesubdirectories.(Subdirectories thataretwoormorelevelsbelowthe
pathwillnotbeshared.)
Comment:Ifdesired,enteradescriptionoftheVirtualFileShare.
UserLimit:Thisvaluespecifiesthenumberofusersthatwillbeallowed
toaccesstheVirtualFileSharesimultaneously.
Maximumisthesystem
maximum,whichislimitedbytheavailablememory.Tospecifya
differentnumberofusers,selectAllowandthentypethenumberofusers
tobegivenaccess.
Access:CheckthisboxtoenabletheAccess‐basedEnumerationfeature
providedwithWindows2003ServicePack1.This
featureallowsusersto
seeonlythefilesandfolderstowhichtheyhaveaccessonafileshare.
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VirtualFileSharemonitorperiodicallyprobes
thehealthoftheVirtualFileShareonthenodewheretheVirtual
CIFS
Serverisactive.Thetimeoutisthemaximumamountoftimethatwillbe
waitedfortheprobetocomplete.Thedefaultvalueisfiveseconds.
Thefrequencyistheinterva loftime,inseconds,atwhichthemonitor
probestheVirtualFileShare.Thedefaultsettingis10seconds.