BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 SP1 Administrator's Guide

About remote site caches

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 (HTTP or HTTPS) but do not support Offline mode or the PowerUser client (DCOM). 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.

Configuring a site cache server involves tasks on several servers as well as on the Meridian Explorer clients. The installation tasks are listed in the order in which they should be performed in the following table and are described in this guide and in other guides. Use the hyperlinks in the following checklist to find the instructions for each task. Track your installation progress by printing this checklist and placing a checkmark in the box in the Completed column as you finish each task.