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In the workshared environment, where team members collaborate on the same Revit project, the central server is necessary for managing access to the project.
NOTE: You must allow ICMP requests through the firewall for the local and central Revit servers.
To install and configure the Central server
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- Extract the revit_2011_ap_rss_win_001_mlp.exe from the Autodesk® Subscription Center page, if you have not already done so.
- Run the setup.exe.
- Configure the settings. Click Configure on the Begin Installation page.
- Select the server location on the Select the Installation Location page. Click Browse to change the Product install path, if desired.
- Select the location for Revit project cache on the Revit Projects Directory page.
Note: It is strongly recommended that the projects and cache folders should be on the local server, and not on the network. - Select the location for shared Revit projects on the Revit Projects Directory page.
- Click Configuration Complete.
- Select Central server on the Select the Server Type page.
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- Why is it strongly recommended that we keep cache files and server files on the Revit Server hardware? This is an added headache for multi-server installations where we would have to license additional servers for backups, alter disaster recovery, and otherwise support hardware that we wouldn't have to if we could use existing NAS or SAN storage for Revit Server caches and projects.
- Thanks to jonanunson1928 for your comment. Another resource for getting these kinds of questions answered is the Revit Discussion group. http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Revit-Architecture/bd-p/133.
If you wish to use remote storage, the I/O performance should be comparable to that of a locally hosted device.
Thanks again for your comment and we look forward to more contributions from our community.
Regards,
Mike Lavoie, Revit User Assistance (aka Technical Publications) - After further discussion, it is recommended at this time that projects and cache folders should be on the local server, and not on the network.
Regards,
Mike Lavoie, Revit User Assistance
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