Storage area options for object stores

An object store has several options for storage areas. You need to determine the appropriate types of storage areas for your requirements.

An object store can have up to four types of storage areas, and multiple instances of each type, for the content of documents and business objects. The name of each storage area in an object store must be unique.

advanced storage area

An advanced storage area supports these underlying advanced storage devices: OpenStack cloud storage and file system storage. One or more advanced storage devices can be associated with an advanced storage area.

An advanced storage area supports native content replication for disaster recovery and online backups solutions. In addition, an advanced storage area leverages the Content Platform Engine sweep service to perform queue processing for replication, content deletion, and abandoned content backout.

An advanced storage area can coexist with other storage areas: database, file system, or fixed content. Data can be moved between an advanced storage area and other types of storage areas. And, like other storage areas, advanced storage areas can be assigned to storage policies.

file storage area
A file storage area stores content in a file system. A file storage area is usually not on the machine where Content Platform Engine is installed. A file storage area cannot reside on a write-once-read-many (WORM) device.
fixed storage area
A fixed storage area resides on a large-capacity, (possibly) write-once, fixed content device. A fixed storage area uses a file storage area directory structure as a temporary staging area before migrating files to permanent storage on the external device. Multiple fixed storage areas can share fixed content device, or a fixed storage area can have its own fixed content device.
database storage area
A database storage area stores content as binary large objects (BLOBs) in a database.
Note: As a best practice, scan content for viruses or malware before you add the content to an object store. See Virus scanning for content storage.