LINKDB

The PARTsolutions link database (LINKDB) is setup as additional database on an already existing database server. No further software is needed on the database server.

Detailed information is found under Section 5.2, “Installation Link database ” in PARTsolutions / PARTcommunity4Enterprise - Administration Manual.

Search server

For the search server a dedicated server or a virtual machine is recommended.

Special reasons for this are:

ONE dedicated search server for all locations is sufficient, because no big data amount has to be transferred. The clients fetch the detailed data of the search hits from the local CADENAS_DATA file server.

On this server the CADENAS license server can also be installed. See Section 2.2.5, “FLM Server Installation - Request/install licenses ”.

File Server (PARTsolutions catalogs [$CADENAS_DATA] and setup directory [$CADENAS_SETUP])

For the PARTsolutions catalogs and the setup directory a new share on an already existing file server is sufficient. No further software is needed on the file server.

Note At the headquarter catalog administrators have read and write permission, all other users only read permission. At the secondary locations ALL users only have read permission.

$CADENAS on clients (PARTsolutions software and interfaces)

Software deployment / software updates

Advantage: Software updates can easy be performed later.

Replication of $CADENAS_DATA

In order to ensure short client access time to catalog data also on the secondary locations, catalog data is replicated cyclicly (e.g. once a day) from the headquarter to the secondary locations (e.g. with Robocopy, Microsoft DFS or similar tools).

Important Restrictions at the secondary locations The following actions can change $CADENAS_DATA and may only be processed at the headquarter due to "one way replication": Catalog updates (see Section 2.3.7, “Catalog (standard and supplier parts catalog) post-installation / update ”) Inserting native parts via PARTsolutions menu command User library in the CAD (see Section 2.6.10, “ User library ” in PARTsolutions / PARTcommunity4Enterprise - User manual) Use of the Classimporter (see Section 1.1, “ Classimporter ” in PARTwarehouse Manual) Use of the Classification Toolbar (see Section 1.2, “ClassificationToolbar ” in PARTwarehouse Manual) PARTadmin index administration (see Section 1.1.4.4, “ Index administration ” in PARTsolutions / PARTcommunity4Enterprise - Administration Manual)

Caching of index files

In order for the search server to work efficiently, we recommend caching of CADENAS_DATA index files.

Detailed information on this is found under Section 2.2.4.3.2, “Caching index files of $CADENAS_DATA on search server ”.