Shared central EA Repo

[Gary W.]

Hi

My org has been sending .eap file back and forth, and now we're moving to a central RDBMS shared, and with User Security and Versioning enabled.  Here's my overview of the deployment.. http://pasteboard.co/15yIEDCO.png



My big question is "is it true than XMI imports/export to and from SubVersion/SparxEA have to go through the desktop client?".  TIA

[Geert Bellekens]

Yes, there's no server component, only a database.
So everything goes through the EA client on the desktop. If that poses a problem then you might consider something like Citrix.

Geert

[Gary W.]

And now there's a proposal to move away from Subversion and have both external and internal staff use Cloud Server.  I want to avoid forcing all users to be on the release of  Sparx EA, and the same extensions/plug-ins/add-ons/etc.

Does moving to Cloud Server mean that all users have to be using the same release of Sparx EA on their desktop?

TIA
gary

[Geert Bellekens]

No, "Cloud Server" just means that you have one repository that  is accessed over http(s).
It is meant as a WAN solution. In case of a LAN setup you better go for regular DBMS setup.

No, it doesn't matter which EA version or which add-ins are installed at the clients.

Geert

[Gary W.]

Okay, then that's one less reservation I have about moving to this new direction.   Thanks!