Were are all the documents I upload to WSS actually stored on the server?

Re: Document Library by Mike

Mike
Fri Sep 24 12:31:34 CDT 2004

The documents and everything else you add to a WSS site is stored in the
database. So they are stored on the WSS server only if the database is
located there - otherwise on the server containing the database.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
Please reply to the newsgroup

"Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:64A75C71-2B79-4BB4-959F-99C1DAF33D7D@microsoft.com...
> Were are all the documents I upload to WSS actually stored on the server?



Re: Document Library by Ronald_L

Ronald_L
Fri Sep 24 12:57:01 CDT 2004

That is exactly what I needed to know.

"Mike Walsh" wrote:

> The documents and everything else you add to a WSS site is stored in the
> database. So they are stored on the WSS server only if the database is
> located there - otherwise on the server containing the database.
>
> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
> "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:64A75C71-2B79-4BB4-959F-99C1DAF33D7D@microsoft.com...
> > Were are all the documents I upload to WSS actually stored on the server?
>
>
>

Re: Document Library by Mike

Mike
Fri Sep 24 13:17:51 CDT 2004

Just in case it wasn't 100% clear.

The installation of WSS occurs on the WSS server and leaves data there (on
the boot drive - thus typically C:) but all the things you then do on your
site go into the database.

There's actually at least one content database and a configuration database
(usually in fact just one of each).

There's a lot more information on this in the WSS Admin Guide (on the
general principles) although these general principles are better described
in a couple of the papers I link to in the Non-MS Articles section of the
WSS FAQ (access via Useful Documents in the menu line) especially the paper
there by Maxim Karpov and one of the ones from Barracuda.

For details (and I mean details) on the database the WSS SDK is the place to
look.

(Both the Admin Guide and SDK links are in the MS Articles / Downloads
section of the WSS FAQ.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com

"Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FE4ED921-DD62-41DB-97A7-4474FA732AB4@microsoft.com...
> That is exactly what I needed to know.
>
> "Mike Walsh" wrote:
>
>> The documents and everything else you add to a WSS site is stored in the
>> database. So they are stored on the WSS server only if the database is
>> located there - otherwise on the server containing the database.
>>
>> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>> "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:64A75C71-2B79-4BB4-959F-99C1DAF33D7D@microsoft.com...
>> > Were are all the documents I upload to WSS actually stored on the
>> > server?
>>
>>
>>



Re: Document Library by Dennis

Dennis
Mon Sep 27 13:52:24 CDT 2004

On our installation, the latest version of the documents also appear in a
Shared Documents folder on the machine the WSS is running on. (In our case,
the DB is on a different machine.)

Dennis
"Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OfK5iLmoEHA.1992@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Just in case it wasn't 100% clear.
>
> The installation of WSS occurs on the WSS server and leaves data there (on
> the boot drive - thus typically C:) but all the things you then do on your
> site go into the database.
>
> There's actually at least one content database and a configuration
> database (usually in fact just one of each).
>
> There's a lot more information on this in the WSS Admin Guide (on the
> general principles) although these general principles are better described
> in a couple of the papers I link to in the Non-MS Articles section of the
> WSS FAQ (access via Useful Documents in the menu line) especially the
> paper there by Maxim Karpov and one of the ones from Barracuda.
>
> For details (and I mean details) on the database the WSS SDK is the place
> to look.
>
> (Both the Admin Guide and SDK links are in the MS Articles / Downloads
> section of the WSS FAQ.
>
> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
>
> "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FE4ED921-DD62-41DB-97A7-4474FA732AB4@microsoft.com...
>> That is exactly what I needed to know.
>>
>> "Mike Walsh" wrote:
>>
>>> The documents and everything else you add to a WSS site is stored in the
>>> database. So they are stored on the WSS server only if the database is
>>> located there - otherwise on the server containing the database.
>>>
>>> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>>> WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>>
>>> "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:64A75C71-2B79-4BB4-959F-99C1DAF33D7D@microsoft.com...
>>> > Were are all the documents I upload to WSS actually stored on the
>>> > server?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>



Re: Document Library by Mike

Mike
Mon Sep 27 23:45:35 CDT 2004

That's odd. The whole point (I thought) of being able to split the front-end
from the database was to allow you to load balance your front-ends.

That's the reason MS made it more difficult than in STS to create users on
the WSS machine (we were told at Beta) because in a multi-front-end
environment you'd have to create the identical users on all the front-end
servers (and you'd get out of sync).

So them putting data on what potentially is only one of several front-end
machines (and how do you know you'll get that one next time?) seems very
odd.

Does anyone have a good explanation - is it the choice people make when
setting up the system ?

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland


"Dennis Grinberg" <dgrin_bli_luef@bli_luef.bellatlantic.net> wrote in
message news:OkmrjMMpEHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> On our installation, the latest version of the documents also appear in a
> Shared Documents folder on the machine the WSS is running on. (In our
case,
> the DB is on a different machine.)
>
> Dennis
> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OfK5iLmoEHA.1992@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Just in case it wasn't 100% clear.
> >
> > The installation of WSS occurs on the WSS server and leaves data there
(on
> > the boot drive - thus typically C:) but all the things you then do on
your
> > site go into the database.
> >
> > There's actually at least one content database and a configuration
> > database (usually in fact just one of each).
> >
> > There's a lot more information on this in the WSS Admin Guide (on the
> > general principles) although these general principles are better
described
> > in a couple of the papers I link to in the Non-MS Articles section of
the
> > WSS FAQ (access via Useful Documents in the menu line) especially the
> > paper there by Maxim Karpov and one of the ones from Barracuda.
> >
> > For details (and I mean details) on the database the WSS SDK is the
place
> > to look.
> >
> > (Both the Admin Guide and SDK links are in the MS Articles / Downloads
> > section of the WSS FAQ.
> >
> > Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> > WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
> >
> > "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:FE4ED921-DD62-41DB-97A7-4474FA732AB4@microsoft.com...
> >> That is exactly what I needed to know.
> >>
> >> "Mike Walsh" wrote:
> >>
> >>> The documents and everything else you add to a WSS site is stored in
the
> >>> database. So they are stored on the WSS server only if the database is
> >>> located there - otherwise on the server containing the database.
> >>>
> >>> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> >>> WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
> >>> Please reply to the newsgroup
> >>>
> >>> "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:64A75C71-2B79-4BB4-959F-99C1DAF33D7D@microsoft.com...
> >>> > Were are all the documents I upload to WSS actually stored on the
> >>> > server?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
>
>



Re: Document Library by Dennis

Dennis
Tue Sep 28 14:25:11 CDT 2004

Note that if I edit a file "directly" from the Shared Documents folder, I
get Sharepoint alerts that the document has been modified, as if I opened
the file up from within Sharepoint itself.

Dennis

"Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23rTJBYRpEHA.1576@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> That's odd. The whole point (I thought) of being able to split the
> front-end
> from the database was to allow you to load balance your front-ends.
>
> That's the reason MS made it more difficult than in STS to create users on
> the WSS machine (we were told at Beta) because in a multi-front-end
> environment you'd have to create the identical users on all the front-end
> servers (and you'd get out of sync).
>
> So them putting data on what potentially is only one of several front-end
> machines (and how do you know you'll get that one next time?) seems very
> odd.
>
> Does anyone have a good explanation - is it the choice people make when
> setting up the system ?
>
> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>
>
> "Dennis Grinberg" <dgrin_bli_luef@bli_luef.bellatlantic.net> wrote in
> message news:OkmrjMMpEHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> On our installation, the latest version of the documents also appear in a
>> Shared Documents folder on the machine the WSS is running on. (In our
> case,
>> the DB is on a different machine.)
>>
>> Dennis
>> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OfK5iLmoEHA.1992@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> > Just in case it wasn't 100% clear.
>> >
>> > The installation of WSS occurs on the WSS server and leaves data there
> (on
>> > the boot drive - thus typically C:) but all the things you then do on
> your
>> > site go into the database.
>> >
>> > There's actually at least one content database and a configuration
>> > database (usually in fact just one of each).
>> >
>> > There's a lot more information on this in the WSS Admin Guide (on the
>> > general principles) although these general principles are better
> described
>> > in a couple of the papers I link to in the Non-MS Articles section of
> the
>> > WSS FAQ (access via Useful Documents in the menu line) especially the
>> > paper there by Maxim Karpov and one of the ones from Barracuda.
>> >
>> > For details (and I mean details) on the database the WSS SDK is the
> place
>> > to look.
>> >
>> > (Both the Admin Guide and SDK links are in the MS Articles / Downloads
>> > section of the WSS FAQ.
>> >
>> > Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> > WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
>> >
>> > "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:FE4ED921-DD62-41DB-97A7-4474FA732AB4@microsoft.com...
>> >> That is exactly what I needed to know.
>> >>
>> >> "Mike Walsh" wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> The documents and everything else you add to a WSS site is stored in
> the
>> >>> database. So they are stored on the WSS server only if the database
>> >>> is
>> >>> located there - otherwise on the server containing the database.
>> >>>
>> >>> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> >>> WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
>> >>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>> >>>
>> >>> "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >>> news:64A75C71-2B79-4BB4-959F-99C1DAF33D7D@microsoft.com...
>> >>> > Were are all the documents I upload to WSS actually stored on the
>> >>> > server?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>



Re: Document Library by Mike

Mike
Tue Sep 28 23:44:06 CDT 2004

I don't understand this at all. You *are* running standalone Windows
SharePoint Services and not SharePoint Team Services or SharePoint Portal
Server 2003 ?

In normal WSS there shouldn't be any (file system) folder created for
document libraries on the WSS server at all. If there is I obviously haven't
grasped the concept of the thing at all.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland


"Dennis Grinberg" <dgrin_bli_luef@bli_luef.bellatlantic.net> wrote in
message news:evC5hDZpEHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Note that if I edit a file "directly" from the Shared Documents folder, I
> get Sharepoint alerts that the document has been modified, as if I opened
> the file up from within Sharepoint itself.
>
> Dennis
>
> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23rTJBYRpEHA.1576@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > That's odd. The whole point (I thought) of being able to split the
> > front-end
> > from the database was to allow you to load balance your front-ends.
> >
> > That's the reason MS made it more difficult than in STS to create users
on
> > the WSS machine (we were told at Beta) because in a multi-front-end
> > environment you'd have to create the identical users on all the
front-end
> > servers (and you'd get out of sync).
> >
> > So them putting data on what potentially is only one of several
front-end
> > machines (and how do you know you'll get that one next time?) seems very
> > odd.
> >
> > Does anyone have a good explanation - is it the choice people make when
> > setting up the system ?
> >
> > Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> >
> >
> > "Dennis Grinberg" <dgrin_bli_luef@bli_luef.bellatlantic.net> wrote in
> > message news:OkmrjMMpEHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> On our installation, the latest version of the documents also appear in
a
> >> Shared Documents folder on the machine the WSS is running on. (In our
> > case,
> >> the DB is on a different machine.)
> >>
> >> Dennis
> >> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:OfK5iLmoEHA.1992@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> > Just in case it wasn't 100% clear.
> >> >
> >> > The installation of WSS occurs on the WSS server and leaves data
there
> > (on
> >> > the boot drive - thus typically C:) but all the things you then do on
> > your
> >> > site go into the database.
> >> >
> >> > There's actually at least one content database and a configuration
> >> > database (usually in fact just one of each).
> >> >
> >> > There's a lot more information on this in the WSS Admin Guide (on the
> >> > general principles) although these general principles are better
> > described
> >> > in a couple of the papers I link to in the Non-MS Articles section of
> > the
> >> > WSS FAQ (access via Useful Documents in the menu line) especially the
> >> > paper there by Maxim Karpov and one of the ones from Barracuda.
> >> >
> >> > For details (and I mean details) on the database the WSS SDK is the
> > place
> >> > to look.
> >> >
> >> > (Both the Admin Guide and SDK links are in the MS Articles /
Downloads
> >> > section of the WSS FAQ.
> >> >
> >> > Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> >> > WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
> >> >
> >> > "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:FE4ED921-DD62-41DB-97A7-4474FA732AB4@microsoft.com...
> >> >> That is exactly what I needed to know.
> >> >>
> >> >> "Mike Walsh" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> The documents and everything else you add to a WSS site is stored
in
> > the
> >> >>> database. So they are stored on the WSS server only if the database
> >> >>> is
> >> >>> located there - otherwise on the server containing the database.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> >> >>> WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
> >> >>> Please reply to the newsgroup
> >> >>>
> >> >>> "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >>> news:64A75C71-2B79-4BB4-959F-99C1DAF33D7D@microsoft.com...
> >> >>> > Were are all the documents I upload to WSS actually stored on the
> >> >>> > server?
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>



Re: Document Library by Dennis

Dennis
Fri Oct 01 13:02:06 CDT 2004

Maybe it is me, not you...

I believe that we are running "Windows SharePoint Services". This is what
the administration page shows when I go to http://localhost:22173/ on the
server. I know we are not runing Portal Server. Is there something I should
check to see if we are running Team Services?

Dennis


"Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:exKm37dpEHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>I don't understand this at all. You *are* running standalone Windows
> SharePoint Services and not SharePoint Team Services or SharePoint Portal
> Server 2003 ?
>
> In normal WSS there shouldn't be any (file system) folder created for
> document libraries on the WSS server at all. If there is I obviously
> haven't
> grasped the concept of the thing at all.
>
> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>
>
> "Dennis Grinberg" <dgrin_bli_luef@bli_luef.bellatlantic.net> wrote in
> message news:evC5hDZpEHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Note that if I edit a file "directly" from the Shared Documents folder, I
>> get Sharepoint alerts that the document has been modified, as if I opened
>> the file up from within Sharepoint itself.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23rTJBYRpEHA.1576@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> > That's odd. The whole point (I thought) of being able to split the
>> > front-end
>> > from the database was to allow you to load balance your front-ends.
>> >
>> > That's the reason MS made it more difficult than in STS to create users
> on
>> > the WSS machine (we were told at Beta) because in a multi-front-end
>> > environment you'd have to create the identical users on all the
> front-end
>> > servers (and you'd get out of sync).
>> >
>> > So them putting data on what potentially is only one of several
> front-end
>> > machines (and how do you know you'll get that one next time?) seems
>> > very
>> > odd.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have a good explanation - is it the choice people make when
>> > setting up the system ?
>> >
>> > Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> >
>> >
>> > "Dennis Grinberg" <dgrin_bli_luef@bli_luef.bellatlantic.net> wrote in
>> > message news:OkmrjMMpEHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> >> On our installation, the latest version of the documents also appear
>> >> in
> a
>> >> Shared Documents folder on the machine the WSS is running on. (In our
>> > case,
>> >> the DB is on a different machine.)
>> >>
>> >> Dennis
>> >> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:OfK5iLmoEHA.1992@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> >> > Just in case it wasn't 100% clear.
>> >> >
>> >> > The installation of WSS occurs on the WSS server and leaves data
> there
>> > (on
>> >> > the boot drive - thus typically C:) but all the things you then do
>> >> > on
>> > your
>> >> > site go into the database.
>> >> >
>> >> > There's actually at least one content database and a configuration
>> >> > database (usually in fact just one of each).
>> >> >
>> >> > There's a lot more information on this in the WSS Admin Guide (on
>> >> > the
>> >> > general principles) although these general principles are better
>> > described
>> >> > in a couple of the papers I link to in the Non-MS Articles section
>> >> > of
>> > the
>> >> > WSS FAQ (access via Useful Documents in the menu line) especially
>> >> > the
>> >> > paper there by Maxim Karpov and one of the ones from Barracuda.
>> >> >
>> >> > For details (and I mean details) on the database the WSS SDK is the
>> > place
>> >> > to look.
>> >> >
>> >> > (Both the Admin Guide and SDK links are in the MS Articles /
> Downloads
>> >> > section of the WSS FAQ.
>> >> >
>> >> > Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> >> > WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
>> >> >
>> >> > "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:FE4ED921-DD62-41DB-97A7-4474FA732AB4@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> That is exactly what I needed to know.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Mike Walsh" wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> The documents and everything else you add to a WSS site is stored
> in
>> > the
>> >> >>> database. So they are stored on the WSS server only if the
>> >> >>> database
>> >> >>> is
>> >> >>> located there - otherwise on the server containing the database.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> >> >>> WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
>> >> >>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >>> news:64A75C71-2B79-4BB4-959F-99C1DAF33D7D@microsoft.com...
>> >> >>> > Were are all the documents I upload to WSS actually stored on
>> >> >>> > the
>> >> >>> > server?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>



Re: Document Library by Iyaz

Iyaz
Fri Oct 01 13:45:37 CDT 2004

Maybe I am jumping in too late here. Are you talking about Web folders
created on the machine using My Network Places? Liek Mike pointed out all
uploaded Documents are stored on the SQL Server.
-Iyaz
"Dennis Grinberg" <dgrin_bli_luef@bli_luef.bellatlantic.net> wrote in
message news:eSHnED#pEHA.3300@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Maybe it is me, not you...
>
> I believe that we are running "Windows SharePoint Services". This is what
> the administration page shows when I go to http://localhost:22173/ on the
> server. I know we are not runing Portal Server. Is there something I
should
> check to see if we are running Team Services?
>
> Dennis
>
>
> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:exKm37dpEHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >I don't understand this at all. You *are* running standalone Windows
> > SharePoint Services and not SharePoint Team Services or SharePoint
Portal
> > Server 2003 ?
> >
> > In normal WSS there shouldn't be any (file system) folder created for
> > document libraries on the WSS server at all. If there is I obviously
> > haven't
> > grasped the concept of the thing at all.
> >
> > Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> >
> >
> > "Dennis Grinberg" <dgrin_bli_luef@bli_luef.bellatlantic.net> wrote in
> > message news:evC5hDZpEHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> Note that if I edit a file "directly" from the Shared Documents folder,
I
> >> get Sharepoint alerts that the document has been modified, as if I
opened
> >> the file up from within Sharepoint itself.
> >>
> >> Dennis
> >>
> >> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:%23rTJBYRpEHA.1576@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> > That's odd. The whole point (I thought) of being able to split the
> >> > front-end
> >> > from the database was to allow you to load balance your front-ends.
> >> >
> >> > That's the reason MS made it more difficult than in STS to create
users
> > on
> >> > the WSS machine (we were told at Beta) because in a multi-front-end
> >> > environment you'd have to create the identical users on all the
> > front-end
> >> > servers (and you'd get out of sync).
> >> >
> >> > So them putting data on what potentially is only one of several
> > front-end
> >> > machines (and how do you know you'll get that one next time?) seems
> >> > very
> >> > odd.
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone have a good explanation - is it the choice people make
when
> >> > setting up the system ?
> >> >
> >> > Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Dennis Grinberg" <dgrin_bli_luef@bli_luef.bellatlantic.net> wrote in
> >> > message news:OkmrjMMpEHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> >> On our installation, the latest version of the documents also appear
> >> >> in
> > a
> >> >> Shared Documents folder on the machine the WSS is running on. (In
our
> >> > case,
> >> >> the DB is on a different machine.)
> >> >>
> >> >> Dennis
> >> >> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:OfK5iLmoEHA.1992@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> >> > Just in case it wasn't 100% clear.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > The installation of WSS occurs on the WSS server and leaves data
> > there
> >> > (on
> >> >> > the boot drive - thus typically C:) but all the things you then do
> >> >> > on
> >> > your
> >> >> > site go into the database.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > There's actually at least one content database and a configuration
> >> >> > database (usually in fact just one of each).
> >> >> >
> >> >> > There's a lot more information on this in the WSS Admin Guide (on
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > general principles) although these general principles are better
> >> > described
> >> >> > in a couple of the papers I link to in the Non-MS Articles section
> >> >> > of
> >> > the
> >> >> > WSS FAQ (access via Useful Documents in the menu line) especially
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > paper there by Maxim Karpov and one of the ones from Barracuda.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > For details (and I mean details) on the database the WSS SDK is
the
> >> > place
> >> >> > to look.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > (Both the Admin Guide and SDK links are in the MS Articles /
> > Downloads
> >> >> > section of the WSS FAQ.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> >> >> > WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> > news:FE4ED921-DD62-41DB-97A7-4474FA732AB4@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >> That is exactly what I needed to know.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> "Mike Walsh" wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>> The documents and everything else you add to a WSS site is
stored
> > in
> >> > the
> >> >> >>> database. So they are stored on the WSS server only if the
> >> >> >>> database
> >> >> >>> is
> >> >> >>> located there - otherwise on the server containing the database.
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> >> >> >>> WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
> >> >> >>> Please reply to the newsgroup
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >>> news:64A75C71-2B79-4BB4-959F-99C1DAF33D7D@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >>> > Were are all the documents I upload to WSS actually stored on
> >> >> >>> > the
> >> >> >>> > server?
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>



Re: Document Library by Dennis

Dennis
Sun Oct 03 08:03:41 CDT 2004

No web folders as far as I can tell.

I just don't get this. The fact that I can even edit the documents off a
share and have the changes reflected in SharePoint (and alerts sent) makes
no sense. (Not that I'm complaining since if the data is also on the file
system, I can use a decent search tool (unlike the horrible one included
with Sharepoint/SQL) to find data.)

Dennis

"Iyaz" <iyaz@invalid.msn.com> wrote in message
news:Ob6BTb%23pEHA.1668@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Maybe I am jumping in too late here. Are you talking about Web folders
> created on the machine using My Network Places? Liek Mike pointed out all
> uploaded Documents are stored on the SQL Server.
> -Iyaz
> "Dennis Grinberg" <dgrin_bli_luef@bli_luef.bellatlantic.net> wrote in
> message news:eSHnED#pEHA.3300@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Maybe it is me, not you...
>>
>> I believe that we are running "Windows SharePoint Services". This is
>> what
>> the administration page shows when I go to http://localhost:22173/ on the
>> server. I know we are not runing Portal Server. Is there something I
> should
>> check to see if we are running Team Services?
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>>
>> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:exKm37dpEHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> >I don't understand this at all. You *are* running standalone Windows
>> > SharePoint Services and not SharePoint Team Services or SharePoint
> Portal
>> > Server 2003 ?
>> >
>> > In normal WSS there shouldn't be any (file system) folder created for
>> > document libraries on the WSS server at all. If there is I obviously
>> > haven't
>> > grasped the concept of the thing at all.
>> >
>> > Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> >
>> >
>> > "Dennis Grinberg" <dgrin_bli_luef@bli_luef.bellatlantic.net> wrote in
>> > message news:evC5hDZpEHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> >> Note that if I edit a file "directly" from the Shared Documents
>> >> folder,
> I
>> >> get Sharepoint alerts that the document has been modified, as if I
> opened
>> >> the file up from within Sharepoint itself.
>> >>
>> >> Dennis
>> >>
>> >> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:%23rTJBYRpEHA.1576@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> >> > That's odd. The whole point (I thought) of being able to split the
>> >> > front-end
>> >> > from the database was to allow you to load balance your front-ends.
>> >> >
>> >> > That's the reason MS made it more difficult than in STS to create
> users
>> > on
>> >> > the WSS machine (we were told at Beta) because in a multi-front-end
>> >> > environment you'd have to create the identical users on all the
>> > front-end
>> >> > servers (and you'd get out of sync).
>> >> >
>> >> > So them putting data on what potentially is only one of several
>> > front-end
>> >> > machines (and how do you know you'll get that one next time?) seems
>> >> > very
>> >> > odd.
>> >> >
>> >> > Does anyone have a good explanation - is it the choice people make
> when
>> >> > setting up the system ?
>> >> >
>> >> > Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Dennis Grinberg" <dgrin_bli_luef@bli_luef.bellatlantic.net> wrote
>> >> > in
>> >> > message news:OkmrjMMpEHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> On our installation, the latest version of the documents also
>> >> >> appear
>> >> >> in
>> > a
>> >> >> Shared Documents folder on the machine the WSS is running on. (In
> our
>> >> > case,
>> >> >> the DB is on a different machine.)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Dennis
>> >> >> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:OfK5iLmoEHA.1992@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> > Just in case it wasn't 100% clear.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > The installation of WSS occurs on the WSS server and leaves data
>> > there
>> >> > (on
>> >> >> > the boot drive - thus typically C:) but all the things you then
>> >> >> > do
>> >> >> > on
>> >> > your
>> >> >> > site go into the database.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > There's actually at least one content database and a
>> >> >> > configuration
>> >> >> > database (usually in fact just one of each).
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > There's a lot more information on this in the WSS Admin Guide (on
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > general principles) although these general principles are better
>> >> > described
>> >> >> > in a couple of the papers I link to in the Non-MS Articles
>> >> >> > section
>> >> >> > of
>> >> > the
>> >> >> > WSS FAQ (access via Useful Documents in the menu line) especially
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > paper there by Maxim Karpov and one of the ones from Barracuda.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > For details (and I mean details) on the database the WSS SDK is
> the
>> >> > place
>> >> >> > to look.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > (Both the Admin Guide and SDK links are in the MS Articles /
>> > Downloads
>> >> >> > section of the WSS FAQ.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> >> >> > WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> > news:FE4ED921-DD62-41DB-97A7-4474FA732AB4@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> >> That is exactly what I needed to know.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> "Mike Walsh" wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>> The documents and everything else you add to a WSS site is
> stored
>> > in
>> >> > the
>> >> >> >>> database. So they are stored on the WSS server only if the
>> >> >> >>> database
>> >> >> >>> is
>> >> >> >>> located there - otherwise on the server containing the
>> >> >> >>> database.
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> >> >> >>> WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
>> >> >> >>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> "Ronald_L" <Ronald_L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> >> >>> message
>> >> >> >>> news:64A75C71-2B79-4BB4-959F-99C1DAF33D7D@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> >>> > Were are all the documents I upload to WSS actually stored on
>> >> >> >>> > the
>> >> >> >>> > server?
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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