Because Meridian Enterprise is a centralized system, optimizing performance for remote users with modest available bandwidth can be a challenge, particularly if the users work with large files or many external references. Meridian Enterprise provides a variety of features to help meet this challenge, including Remote and Offline modes and a browser-based web client.
If a group of Meridian Enterprise users works in proximity to a corporate web server that is geographically closer to them than the Meridian Enterprise application server, Meridian Enterprise Web Access server, or Meridian Explorer server, a site cache component can be installed and configured on their local web server. Site cache servers support Meridian Explorer clients and the Online and Remote modes of the Meridian Enterprise web client but do not support Offline mode or the PowerUser client. They also support simultaneous connections from multiple sessions by the same user and simultaneous connections to multiple Meridian Enterprise servers.
The site cache temporarily stores documents (source or renditions) that the users work with so that they do not have to download them from the central server every time. The system response and performance for viewing documents is greatly improved, comparable to users that are located near to a Meridian Enterprise server. The site cache service automatically synchronizes the cache with the Meridian Enterprise servers transparently in the background. Old and orphaned documents are removed from the cache (and from local workspaces) to make space for newer and active documents. Multiple site caches can be configured to serve separate groups of users that each have a local web server.
Note New documents created by remote users are sent immediately to the Meridian Enterprise Web Access server and stored in the vault. Copies of the documents are added to the local site cache for future access.
The following topics describe the configuration of remote site caches. Client PCs begin to use site caches as soon as the Meridian Enterprise Application Integration component is installed and running on the PC (BlueCieloECM.SiteCache.LwsClient.exe) and the site cache options are configured for the component as described in the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise User's Guide.