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This topic describes the general steps of preparing a shared network folder so that it can be used to store cluster configuration settings for the Microsoft project code named "Velocity" distributed cache system.
Alternatively, you can choose to store your cache cluster configuration settings in a SQL Server database. For more information, see How to: Prepare a SQL Server Database for Cluster Configuration Settings (Velocity).
There are many factors to consider when choosing which storage location is right for your application. For enterprise applications, we highly recommend that you use a SQL Server database for storing cluster configuration settings. For smaller applications or development workstation scenarios, the ease of creating a shared network folder may outweigh the availability benefits of SQL Server. For more information, see Cluster Configuration Storage Options (Velocity).
For more detailed information about using a shared network folder as the cluster configuration storage location, see Shared Folder-Based Cluster Configuration (Velocity).
Preparing a shared folder to store the cache cluster configuration settings
Select the appropriate server to host the shared network folder.
Create the shared network folder. For more information about performing this step, refer to the operating system help documentation on that computer.
Explicitly grant permissions to the security identity that will be performing the cache server installations. The identity used for installation needs Administrator rights on the server hosting the shared folder so that the installation program can grant permissions to the cache servers for the shared network folder.
Grant permissions to the security identity used by the cache server(s) to run the cache host Windows service. This step is done automatically by the "Velocity" installation program for each of the cache servers. Each of the cache host security identities needs read and write permissions on the cache cluster configuration shared folder. Depending on the operating system, these permissions may be referred to as Contributor, Change, Write, and Read.
Security
The security identity used by the person performing the installation requires Administrator rights on the server hosting the shared network folder. This is because the installation program grants permissions to each of the cache servers for the shared network folder.
In order for the cache cluster to function, the security identities used to run the cache host Windows service on each of the cache servers also require Contributor, Change, Write, and Read permissions so that they can read and write to the cluster configuration shared folder.
See Also
Tasks
How to: Prepare a SQL Server Database for Cluster Configuration Settings (Velocity)
Concepts
Cache Server Installation (Velocity)
Installing Cache Client Assemblies (Velocity)
Cluster Configuration Storage Options (Velocity)
Shared Folder-Based Cluster Configuration (Velocity)
SQL Server-Based Cluster Configuration (Velocity)
Cache Administration with PowerShell (Velocity)
Automated Cache Server Installation (Velocity)