About content cache areas

Content cache areas provide a local storage of frequently accessed documents accessible over a LAN. These content cache areas allow users that are geographically remote from the file storage areas to quickly access frequently requested document content.

Content caching offers the following features:

With Enterprise Manager, you can manage the content cache area and assign it to domain resources. Content caching:

Content caching objects

With Enterprise Manager, you can configure the following content cache objects:

Content retention

Documents remain in the content cache area based on the setting of the Content Lifespan property. The configurable Content Lifespan setting specifies the number of days that a document can remain in cache since its last access. The default value is 14 days. When the Content Lifespan is exceeded, the document can be removed from content cache. There is no time limit on how long a document can remain in cache as long as it is accessed periodically.

NOTE   If you have sensitive or confidential documents, you should consider whether caching is appropriate. Files aren't automatically deleted from the content cache area when the document is deleted from the storage area. Until they have reached their Content Lifespan setting, files that reside in the content cache area remain available to users with access to the content cache server.

Pruning

Pruning refers to the removal of cache files on a least-recently-used basis. Pruning helps keep the overall size of the cache under the configured pruning threshold. For more information on pruning thresholds, see Content cache area properties (Processing tab).

There are two types of pruning operations that can occur:

Managing content cache areas

The following content cache configuration guidelines can help improve your system performance: