File server setup

Overview

Setting up a Dise Pro or Dise Enterprise system, there are some considerations regarding how to store distributed files. You have two means of distribution available to you:

• Using Dise Discover

All players are located in the same local network and there is no need for any central storage as all content is kept on the manager and then transferred directly to players.

• Using a file server.

You have the option to use a Windows file share, or an FTP server. In both scenarios below we rely on Dise Bridge (on the manager side) to upload content to the file server and Dise Probe (on the player) to download.

Local network share

A local network share is a common Windows folder or drive which is visible and accessible from the network. We do not recommend that you leave the share open for everybody, but instead secure your share by for example creating a special "Dise" user with full access to the share, and have all computers in your system login as that user. The size of your planned Dise system also matters greatly, remember that the standard versions of Windows have an inbound connections limit, so for large systems we recommend that a dedicated Windows Server version be used (in addition to giving better management tools).

Read more: To share a folder or drive (Windows XP) - microsoft.com

Read more: File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vista - microsoft.com

Read more: Share a Folder or Drive (Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2) - microsoft.com

FTP server

There are a number of FTP servers that are suited to serving a Dise system. You are not limited to Windows only. Our recommended choice FileZilla Server. If you have IIS (Internet Information Services) you have access to an FTP server. As with local network shares, if the FTP server will be serving a lot of players, we recommend a dedicated server on good bandwidth. Dise supports server security by SSL, TLS and TLS Implicit protocols, in which case you will need to provide Bridge and Probe with certificate information.

Local download location

It is of course possible to reduce the load on the file server by appointing a player in each network as "server" and having the other players in the local network download from it.

In the example above, inbound connections to the file server have been reduced to A and B from A, B, C, D, E and F.

File & server management (backup, redundancy, load balancing)

There are no built-in Dise features for file server management as the demands often vary greatly from case to case. Please consult your server administrator if you need extra functionality out of the file server.