Hi Peter,

To meet certain security requirements, my client would like to store documents off of the web server on another less-accessible server on their LAN (not off in the cloud somewhere).

Would it be possible to do this by installing a third-party Folder Provider such as DNNGlobalStorage from Evotiva and mapping a folder to a UNC path? I.E. If I specify a UNC-mapped folder in the DNN file system as the DMX Storage Settings > Repository Location will this work from the DMX side? (I'm not asking you to vouch for how well DNNGlobalStorage works, just if DMX is agnostic to the Folder Provider.)

If this won't work, can you recommend an alternate strategy to meet our goal?

Thanks for any light you can shed on this.

Larry

Hi Larry,

You can use an UNC path for the DMX repository without using a third party provider. However, what you have to deal with are the permissions (NTFS and Sharing) of the target path.

So, if the website application pool is running as a low level Domain account, for example, you would need to specify appropriate access for that account.

In addition, if the web site is running in partial trust mode (e.g. Medium Trust), you would have to create an appropriate trust policy file which allows access to the UNC path. If the site is running in Full Trust, that will not be a factor.

Hope that helps.

Rob Ralston

Thanks, Rob. I'll give that a try.