Using Virtual Directories to Store Articles on Multiple Disk Drives

Virtual directories enable you to store newsgroup files on multiple disk drives. Using more than one disk drive can improve the performance of a heavily used drive and it can provide more storage than a single drive can provide. Virtual directories also enable you to change the physical location of the directory without changing the name of the newsgroup.

Virtual directories contain part of the newsgroup hierarchy. For example, a virtual directory named Research could contain all of the newsgroups named research.*.

Virtual directories can be located on a local disk drive or on a network drive. There is no advantage to creating a virtual directory on the same physical drive as the home directory.

Creating a Virtual Directory

You can create as many virtual directories as you need. You create virtual directories that match the structure of your newsgroup hierarchy.

To create a virtual directory:

Using either Internet Service Manager or Internet Service Manager (HTML), select Directories.
From the Action menu, choose New and Virtual Directory.
Follow the instructions of the New Virtual Directory Wizard.

Note Internet Service Manager (HTML) does not use a Wizard for creating virtual directories. Choose Add, and follow the instructions on the screen. Choose Help if you need more information.

To modify a virtual directory:

Using either Internet Service Manager or Internet Service Manager (HTML), select Directories.
Select the virtual directory you want to modify.
From the Action menu, choose Properties.
Change the options in the Virtual Directory property sheet as needed.