When many users concurrently download a large file from the content repository, users can experience download performance problems and possible service outages. To prevent performance problems, IBM® FileNet® Collaboration Services can be configured to redirect the content requests to bypass the application server.
Redirected content requests during peak demand times benefit organizations with a wide-scale network for its content management system. For example, most employees of a large enterprise might use IBM Connections to share files on the content repository. In this example, the corporate network has a WebSphere Application Server deployment, which is configured to process a maximum of 100 threads at one time. Even with server clustering, the application server deployment can process a maximum of 500 concurrent requests. The chief executive officer office posts a 200 MB video to announce quarterly revenue. Thousands of employees receive notifications about the video and try to download it on the company network immediately. A single download of the file lasts several minutes. If the content is streamed from the application server instead of IBM HTTP Server in this case, the downloads cause significant performance problems on the network.
To configure IBM FileNet Collaboration Services and the IBM HTTP Server for CDHC: