New vault user

[Anonymous]

Hi there,
Just loaded everything and works a treat. Have 3 developers hanging off a
few vault's and working very well.

Question 1: How can I have vault compress the files before they are inserted
into the MS SQL server database?
Question 2: Can SQL server compress the files before insertion?
Question 3: Can vault actually store "diffs" (differences) before insertion
into the database?

I am wondering if Vault can actually store the initial full file version -
then successive newer versions only store the differences!

Is this possbile?

Most source code control management tools do this, ie Subversion. It would
be great if Vault could be configured this way.

thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

Hi Nick,

Let me see if I can answer your questions for you.

Question 1: How can I have vault compress the files before they are inserted
into the MS SQL server database?

Vault does not compress files when they added to the Vault. Keep in mind,
only the record of the file and metadata (properties, block attributes, etc)
go into the SQL database while the file is written to what we call the
"filestore". Your file versions are written to the filestore with a
corresponding record of that file and version into the database (SQL).

Question 2: Can SQL server compress the files before insertion?

No, we do not compress anything at this time. I don't know if that will
happen in the future, but you might want to elaborate what you're looking
for here if you have some examples based on experiences with our
software/systems. We can always raise it as an enhancement request if it
makes sense.

Question 3: Can vault actually store "diffs" (differences) before insertion
into the database?

This has been asked by several customers, but no we do not store "diffs" at
this time. Each time a file is checked into the Vault the new version is
written to the filestore.

Thanks,

Bob Henry
EDM Support Specialist
Autodesk, Inc.


"Nick Tsabazis" wrote in message
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Hi there,
Just loaded everything and works a treat. Have 3 developers hanging off a
few vault's and working very well.

Question 1: How can I have vault compress the files before they are inserted
into the MS SQL server database?
Question 2: Can SQL server compress the files before insertion?
Question 3: Can vault actually store "diffs" (differences) before insertion
into the database?

I am wondering if Vault can actually store the initial full file version -
then successive newer versions only store the differences!

Is this possbile?

Most source code control management tools do this, ie Subversion. It would
be great if Vault could be configured this way.

thanks in advance.