Base directory

The base directory is the main directory where the data files are stored. There is a default path for timebased data stores:

c:\iba\Datastores

The system will create automatically a sub-folder with index for each configured data store (Store1, Store2 etc.)

You may change the base directory. Then, enter the main path for storing the data files of this data storage. A valid drive and path must be entered. You may use the browser button <...> to find available drives and paths.

You can either select a local or network drive.

Note
	For example, if you enter drive C:\, the local hard disk of the server computer is addressed. The browser shows the perspective of the server in terms of drives and paths.

Note
	Basically, you can write the data files directly on a network share or NAS. However, the performance will be significantly lower, compared to the local harddisk. Thus, iba recommends always configuring the local harddisk as base directory. By means of the software ibaDatCoordinator the terminated data files can be copied or moved automatically and reliably to another storage medium.

If, even so, you want to store the data files on a remote drive of another computer, you need to configure the user account which is used for running the ibaPDA server on the server computer also on the remote computer. This user account should have administrative rights. If it is not possible to set up the same account on both computers, you may enter user name and password of another user with the appropriate rights on the remote computer. ibaPDA then uses this login information to log on the remote computer in the attempt to write data files.

User name and password

You only have to enter this login information if you want to store the data files on a remote computer, on which the user account used by ibaPDA on the server computer is not configured (see above).

<Check path> Button

This button may be used for checking the base directory as entered above in terms of availability under consideration of the user account data.

Backup directory

In this field, you may enter another drive or path for file storage, just in case the base directory is not available, e. g. due to network problems. If ibaPDA cannot write on the base directory, it automatically tries to write on the backup directory. So, it is advisable to enter a path to a local drive on the server computer as backup directory. The system checks every 15 minutes if the base directory is available again. If so, ibaPDA will store the next file in the base directory.