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Installing Accelerator

Moderator1 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:28:07 GMT

You should have received a link to the Accelerator installer after you signed up for the technology preview. The same installer is used to install both the server and client programs.

Accelerator.msi installs the following files to c:\program files\xiant\accelerator:

xaclient.exe
xaserver.exe
luftp.dll

If upgrading, note that you do not need to uninstall the previous version.

Installing the Server

Run Accelerator.msi on the Accelerator server host.
There is no configuration file for the Accelerator server; instead, operational parameters are specified when you start the application from a command prompt.
Devise a method for Accelerator to access files for transfer.
Files to be transferred must be located in a directory that is accessible from the Accelerator server as well as each Accelerator client. For example:

Shared directories
Windows permissions

Installing the Client

Run Accelerator.msi on each client host to install Accelerator.

As with the server, there is no configuration file for the Accelerator client; client operational parameters are specified with each file transfer request.

Accessing the Accelerator Installer

Moderator1 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:18:13 GMT

You should have received download instructions and a link to the Accelerator installer via e-mail after you signed up for the technology preview. If you have not signed up for the preview yet, you can do so here:

http://xiant.com/TemplateDownloads.aspx?contentId=32&sid=3

Xiant Accelerator Requirements

Moderator1 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:10:33 GMT

Accelerator is a Windows-only solution, compatible with the following 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows: XP, Vista, 7, 2003, and 2008.

Files to be transferred need to be accessible to the Accelerator server as well as each client. To prevent unexpected latency, the source directory should be located on the Accelerator server. Additionally, each client needs to have access to the destination directory.