You can create and configure content cache areas to expedite
access to the document content of any geographically remote or slow-to-access
storage areas.
Content cache areas
A content cache area contains frequently accessed document
content that was duplicated from the original content that resides
in storage areas. Typically, a cache delivers content to users who
are in the same local area network (LAN) as the cache. The purpose
of a cache is to expedite access to the document content of any geographically
remote or slow-to-access storage areas.
Creating a content cache area
Use the Create a Content Cache Area wizard to create a
content cache area. A single content cache area can be shared among
all servers in the domain, or each server can reference its own content
cache area. In either case, a server can reference only one content
cache area for its caching.
Configuring a content cache area
Content cache areas can be shared among sites, virtual servers, or individual servers.
Sharing cache areas among geographically close servers avoids latency delays that could affect the
content retrieval performance.
Assigning a content cache area
After you create content cache areas, you
can associate the content cache area to sites, virtual servers, or
server instances. Usually you assign the content cache area to a site,
but you can also assign the content cache area to a virtual server
or server instance.
Viewing content cache area status
The administration console identifies the status of individual
content cache areas. Each content cache area can be open or closed.
Changing content cache area status
Each content cache area status is either open (available
for content caching) or closed (unavailable for content caching).
You can also set the status to clearing (removing all content cache
elements). After the clearing is complete, the content cache area
returns to its previous status.
Deleting a content cache area
Deleting a content cache area does not delete the directory
structure from the cache directory. You can delete the contents of
the directory manually to clear the folder.