The Object Storage Manager (OSM) is a critical storage element on Perceptive Content Server that stores three types of information in separate locations, including:
- Perceptive Content documents (image, TXT, PDF, and other files)
- Sub-objects, such as bitmap stamp annotations, embedded OLE annotations, thumbnails, DataCapture data, and worksheets.
- Document batches that have not yet been linked or automatically processed.
The OSM can store unlimited amounts of content in its original format, for example, TIFF, PDF, or Microsoft Word. By storing every page of a document as a discrete object, the OSM enables Perceptive Content to deliver pages to users on demand. The OSM is a tree structure file system that consists of a main directory comprised of sets or branches. Each set can contain 512 folders which can each contain up to 512 subdirectories. In addition, each subdirectory can contain up to 512 documents. This means that each OSM set can contain 134,217,728 documents or pieces of content. As your storage needs increase, you can set Perceptive Content to add additional OSM sets automatically.
You can configure the OSM to store objects across any number of file systems on a variety of platforms and architectural designs. This efficient, hybrid storage model ensures the Perceptive Content database maintains steady performance even as usage and database size grows.