GlobalSync requires Microsoft .Net 4.7.2 and MongoDB and requires a 64-bit operating system. (For hardware and software requirements, please refer to the Square 9 website.) In addition, to install GlobalSync, you will need to have your AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key and an internet connection. The GlobalSync installer will guide you through the setup and configuration.
GlobalSync creates a disk drive that is linked to an Amazon S3 cloud repository and uses a cache folder on the local disk. Any new documents written to the drive will be written to this cache, and then uploaded in the background. Once a file is uploaded (synched) with the cloud, it will be swept from the cache. This allows the cache to only contain relevant documents that are accessed often. Documents deleted from the local cache folder will be automatically re-downloaded on the next request for them.
The upload (sync) occurs on a timer interval set by the administrator. The maximum allowed space (in MB) before files start getting deleted from the cache is also set by the administrator. Once the maximum size of the cache is hit, a sweep will occur, in which the files accessed the longest ago will be deleted from the local cache, down to a configured level of free cache space. This ensures the cache sweep is not constantly performing disk IO actions in production. It will be up to the user to set the sweep options correctly to both maintain desired cache levels and avoid high disk IO and processor utilization.
Also note that the Server hosting the application needs to have an accurate time for the time zone it is set to, within 15 minutes in order to authenticate to Amazon S3 correctly.
Install GlobalSync AFTER installing GlobalSearch, but before you configure any databases. |
As of version 1.3.0.3, GlobalSync does not install MongoDB if it is not available in the environment. Prior to installing GlobalSync, ensure a current version of MongoDB is deploy. The easiest way to do this is by installing GlobalServer BEFORE you install GlobalSync. |