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General Controls Remote Server Setup Getting Support

These controls are what you use to tell FireSite all about your remote server. The values you enter for "Remote Server Setup" allow FireSite to know: how to FTP files onto the remote server, how to access remote files through the Web (HTTP), how much storage space is available, and how fast the remote server's Internet link is. With this information, FireSite can make informed decisions about which files to replicate, and can perform the replication automatically.

Storage Limit
Specify the maximum amount of space that FireSite should try to use on the remote server, expressed in kilobytes (K). One megabyte is 1024 kilobytes, so if you have access to 5 megabytes of space, enter 5120 K (5 Mb x 1024 = 5120 Kb).
FireSite will never exceed the storage limit you specify. If your Web site contains 7Mb of files, and you have rented 5Mb of remote storage space, FireSite will automatically replicate 5Mb of files from your site to the remote server, concentrating on the most frequently used, most recently used, and largest files. The list of files to replicate are determined by the size of the files, the number of requests in a given period of time, and other related factors. If the traffic patterns on your Web site change, FireSite will automatically adjust which files are replicated.

Internet Link Speed
In order for FireSite to keep accurate statistics about your whole Web site, you need to tell FireSite how fast the Internet link of your remote server is. Enter the correct value for your remote FTP/Web server. If you are unsure, choose "T1".

FTP Information
FireSite needs to know how to copy files to the remote server. You should supply the name of the FTP host, your username and password for the remote server, and the location of the directory where you have permission to store your files.
FireSite stores your password in an encrypted format inside the FireSite database, so it is relatively secure.
If you already can log into your FTP space using the "Anarchie" FTP program, but you are unsure of what settings to enter into FireSite, run Anarchie, choose "Show Transcript" from the "Window" menu, and then connect to the remote server. The transcript window will show some of the details of the FTP setup. In particular, it will show the correct "directory path" for your FTP area. You can then enter the correct values into FireSite. If the values are not correct, or if FireSite cannot connect to the FTP server you specify, FireSite will catch the problem and let you adjust the values you have entered.

HTTP (Web) Information
FireSite needs to know how to access your remote storage space through the Web. You will need to tell FireSite the name of the remote Web server, and the directory in which to find your files. If the remote web server is operating on a port number other than 80, you can specify the port number as part of the host name. For example, you could enter "www.remote.com:8000" into the host name field. If the values are not correct, or if FireSite cannot retrieve files from the host and directory you have specified, FireSite will catch the problem and let you adjust the values you have entered.

Use Server for Replication / Put Server on hold
You can temporarily put a server "on hold" if you want FireSite to stop serving files from the remote server. When you are first setting up FireSite, enter all the FTP and HTTP information, choose "Use Server for Replication" and click "Apply."

Deleting all remote files
You may decide that you wish to stop using a particular remote server, and that you want to delete all your replicated files from it. Rather than deleting the files by hand (a tedious process at best), FireSite will delete them all for you.
You can only Delete All Remote Files when the server is "on hold." If the server is currently being used for replication, you will have to put the server "on hold" before you can begin the deletion process. FireSite deletes files from the remote server slowly in the background so that it does not interfere with 'live' visitors on your site. Because FireSite is leaving most of the bandwidth available for visitors on your Web site, it can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours to delete all the files, mainly depending on number of files that have been replicated. If you "reload" the setup page for the remote server, you will see the "available space" going up and the "space used" going down as files are deleted.