Operating systems Information - CAST filesystem storage areas

Purpose

This guide provides information on what areas of CAST AIP may be using space on how to configure them.

Applicable in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅
8.2.x	✅

Applicable RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
Oracle Server	✅
Microsoft SQL Server	✅
CSS3	✅
CSS2	✅
CSS1	✅

Details

Please examine first examine the hardware requirements for running CAST for your release to assist you in sizing your infrastructure for CAST. For 8.3.x, you can find this information here:

https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/DOC83/Deployment+-+sizing

Areas that you may not have setup to a separate location are:

Large Temporary Storage Area (LTSA) and Large Intermediate Storage Area (LISA) folders
- For configuration see the on-line help for CMS or this link for 8.3.x : https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/DOC82/CMS+-+Preferences+-+CAST+General
Temporary and Work Paths
- For Configuration see this link for 8.3.x: https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/DOC83/Appendix+-+Modifying+default+CAST+data+storage+locations
Cast Storage Service (CSS) files ( if you are using CSS for your database)
- During the installation of CSS, you select where CSS stores its data. This is shown here: https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/DOCCOM/CAST+Storage+Service+-+installation+process
Source code delivery and deployment folders used by DMT and CMS
- You can see more on how these are defined in the on-line help for CMS and DMT as well as some information here for 8.3.x: https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/DOC83/CMS+-+CAST+Management+Studio+Startup+Wizard
Log Files
- For configuration, see the on-line help for CMS

See also this page in the documentation for some further information and recommendations on setting up your storage areas:

https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/DOC83/Set-up+a+file+repository+for+your+analysis+data

Notes/comments