The documents contain statements suggesting that items for all workgroups should be found and stored on clients' local volumes. This may create an impression that this is the only way Macintosh Manager can be set up. The suggestion was presented in the interest of reducing network traffic from applications that are not required to operate from a server.
Ideally, applications that are designed for use on a client computer's local disk (volume) should be used in that way to reduce unnecessary traffic. However, applications that must reside on a server volume--or that are designed to be used from a server volume--may still be used in that manner.
If an application must be stored on an AppleShare 6.3.x server, Macintosh Manager 1.3 can be set up appropriately. Here are some recommendations:
- Avoid using Macintosh Manager Admin on the Macintosh Manager server. Instead, open the Macintosh Manager Admin program on a computer set up like those of your clients. If Workgroup Items are appropriately added, the client workstations will be less likely to search the server inappropriately for items that exist locally, resulting in less network traffic.
- Add the server-based applications (using the Macintosh Manager Admin program) from the server volume the client workstations use, rather than from a local volume on the admin system.
- Add local applications from a local volume on the Macintosh Management admin system.
If these recommendations are followed, the most appropriate setting for "Find Chosen Items" is "on item's original volume only".