We have a client that is looking to deploy PDF Shared Review company-wide. It will be a mix of Macs and PCs initiating reviews so Sharepoint does not look to be an option. At this point, it appears that WebDAV is the way to go. I suppose the concern is how well the network will handle the volume of HTTP requests as I understand that through WebDAV, the entire FDF is downloaded when using browser-based reviews.
They currently perform email-based reviews, where the PDF is sent to all the reviewers, who comment individually, then send their comments back. The initiator then consolidates the reviews into the original PDF. Obviously one of the issues is that the reviewers do not get to see each other's reviews, potentially causing duplicate comments.
I need to know what kind of resources are required for the following scenario...
- approximately 25 to 30 concurrent review at any one time
- 10 to 15 users per review
- expecting 450+ reviews per month overlapping for apx 3000 per year
- office located in Toronto, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Mexico
- they would be running WebDAV on a Windows server
- is there load balancing to be considered?
- can they use a VM?
- timelines to deploy the solution
They are also concerned that users will have their machines filled with downloaded PDFs. Is there a way to force the reviewers to only use the browser plug-ins versus Reader or Acrobat. It's assumed that using the browser plug-ins will only hold the PDF in a temp folder, while still allow the reviewer to perform the commenting.
All the required software looks to be in place, so I'm assuming most of the cost will come from configuration, deployment and training.
I reviewed the document from the dev center -- http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/online_collaboration.pdf
I was hoping to find some better resources out there that provide a more step-by-step process...
I appreciate any help you guys and gals can give me...