ZEC Using an External Storage

modification of location of the zecs ‘cache’ directory may be desired to minimize hdd used at the default location for recording streams the default storage location (c \program files\zixi\broadcaster\cache) can be replaced by using a symbolic link the zec will need to be in in a maintenance window to apply these steps as the service will be turned off and on to configure an external storage path in windows on the zec windows machine, stop the zec service, by going into the operating system services screen double click the zec service to open its configuration properties under the general tab, in the startup type drop down menu, select the manual option click the stop button and then click ok delete the ‘cache’ file located at c \program files\zixi\broadcaster\cache this may require administrator privileges depending on your environment on the planned new location create your new cache directory in the example below the directory was created in d zixi\bx\cache go into the windows command line (cmd) as an administrator enter a makelink command to create a new symbolic link from the original path to the newly created ‘cache’ folder for example mklink /d "c \program files\zixi\broadcaster\cache" d zixi\bx\cache create symlink to the new cache the newly created symbolic link for cache will be displayed in the following directory c \program files\zixi\broadcaster\ go into the operating system services screen double click the zec service to open its configuration properties under the general tab, in the startup type drop down menu, select the automatic option click the start button and then click ok the recording of input streams will be stored in the new directory