convert document repository to flat files?

[mgreen]

Hi Guys,

My company is trying to choose a Doc Management system and it's important for us that we can recover the documents in a flat file structure.

From what I can tell, documents are stored in proprietary structure. It there any way to conver this to a flat file structure?

Thanks,
Mark

[mrogers]

The simplest option is to use an interface like CIFS to retrieve your documents,   Alfresco just looks like a shared drive.   You can then simply copy out the files onto say a backup tape,  or another flat filesystem.

You can also export and import your data so you won't loose your metadata.   It's important to understand how to back up and restore Alfresco in a production environment.