2.4 Deployment Scenarios

The following sections describe the deployment scenarios in a single-sever setup:

2.4.1 User Data Backup

Consider a scenario where an organization wants a set of 500 users to be able to back up their desktop data at regular intervals. The organization provides a dedicated LAN link to ensure that 500 users can synchronize the data at the rate of 10 MB per hour. A single-server setup is ideal in such a scenario. Before you use a single-server setup for this scenario, you must consider the following policies:

Limiting the Number of iFolders Per User

In order to maintain the server load at an optimal level, you must limit the number of iFolders that a user can create. Use the Web Admin console to limit the number of iFolders per user in a given iFolder system. You can set this policy at user and system levels. The recommended limit of iFolders per user is 5.

Disabling Sharing

To enable an effective backup and to avoid user data collision, you must disable iFolder sharing. If necessary, you can enable sharing with read-only access. This is useful to maintain the 10 MB per hour data transfer rate at 500 simultaneous connections.

Setting a Disk Quota

The disk quota limit is based on the server capacity. The recommended limit is 4 GB per user. This requirement can be a floating value, so that an average of 4 GB per user is achieved. This means that default settings are used to achieve the requirement.

2.4.2 Document Management

This deployment scenario illustrates the iFolder ability to synchronize documents across various levels in an enterprise. Consider a scenario where a customer in a bank initiates a loan request process by submitting an application form to a bank clerk. As a part of the loan request process, the application form is sent to an official at a higher level for approval.

In this scenario, you can create three iFolders named Submission, Level 1, and Level 2 for the initial submission and for the next levels of approvals. The first two iFolders, Submission and Level 1, can be shared between the clerk and the manager. The Level 2 iFolder can be shared between the manager and the senior manager and made inaccessible to the clerk.

After the initial verification, the clerk can move the loan application form stored in the Submission iFolder to the Level 1 iFolder. The manager accesses the verified loan application form from the Level 1 iFolder for further verification and approval. If the loan request is verified and approved, the manager moves the application form to the Level 2 iFolder for the senior manager’s approval.

The various levels of access allow you to use a single-server setup to easily manage the flow of documents in an enterprise.