Estimating disk storage requirements

System software
Most Content Manager OnDemand servers require at least 4 GB of disk storage space for software products.
Download
Content Manager OnDemand requires temporary storage space to hold reports that are transmitted (downloaded) from other systems.
Temporary space for indexing
Content Manager OnDemand requires temporary storage space on disk to index reports.
Cache storage
Most customers store reports in cache storage for a short period of time, to provide the fastest retrieval for the most frequently used reports.
Database storage
Estimating the size of rollback segments
The database storage space requirements for your Content Manager OnDemand system includes a rollback segment, an area on your disk subsystem that is used when Content Manager OnDemand makes changes to the database.
Database log file storage
Archive storage manager database and recovery log
The archive storage manager maintains a database of information about the storage devices that it manages, the storage objects that it maintains, and the management policies that it uses to maintain the storage objects.
Server print storage space
Content Manager OnDemand requires temporary work space to process requests for the server print manager.
Temporary space for importing index data
If you do not plan to migrate index data from the database to archive storage, then you do not need to allocate temporary storage space for importing the migrated index data.

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