DAM(n) Folders!

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Oftentimes, a better and logical folder structure for Canto Cumulus installations can really help:

  1. Customer, supporters and you can easily find what they/you are looking for
  2. Additional disk space can easily be allocated when it runs out
  3. Applications, OS and data are kept strictly separate
  4. You only pay for expensive SSD storage where you really need it
  5. You will be independent from version numbers

The following drive and folder structure is based on many years of experience with Canto Cumulus.

C: (OS)

Nothing related to Cumulus goes there! C: would be strictly for the operating system and non-Cumulus-related applications.

D: (CumulusApps)

  • Server
    • Logs >> symbolic link to E: (see “Logs/Server” below)
  • Scheduler
    • Logs >> symbolic link to E: (see “Logs/Scheduler” below)
  • Java
    • JDK
    • JRE
  • Client
  • Web
    • apache-tomcat-x.x.xx
      • webapps
        • portals
        • webclient
        • serverconsole
      • wepapps_ori (= all unused, original webapps)
      • logs >> symbolic link to E: (see “Logs/Tomcat” below)
      • work >> symbolic link to E: (see “TomcatCache” below)
  • Apps
    • Notepad++
    • Adobe Acrobat
  • Batch (= batch file which restarts Cumulus services weekly, cleans up cache folders and backs up logs to F: drive)

E: (CumulusCatalogs)

Ideally, this should be an SSD drive for the best possible catalog I/O.

  • Catalogs
    • Catalog1.ccf
    • Catalog2.ccf
    • System
      • Vocabulary.ccf
      • Users.ccf
      • Statistics.ccf

F: (CumulusData)

Here’s where you want to factor in most storage (= as much as you need + 50%).

  • Logs
    • Tomcat
    • Scheduler
    • Server
  • Vault
    • Catalog 1
    • Catalog 2
  • Assets
    • Share 1
    • Share 2
  • Backups
    • Catalogs
      • 01-mon
      • 07-sun
      • 08-monthly
    • Preferences
    • Logs
      • Scheduler
        • YY
          • MM
          • MM
      • Server
        • YY
          • MM
          • MM
      • Tomcat
        • YY
          • MM
          • MM
  • Installers
    • 10.0.0
      • Patches
      • Server
      • Client
        • Mac
        • Win
    • 10.0.1 …
    • Other