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SCCM BranchCache storage location when configured via Client Settings
MicrosoftHi mfreedberg.
1. BranchCache is an OS level mechanism independent from WSUS or ConfigMgr. It uses its own local cache location which by default is C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\PeerDistRepub.
2. Not exactly. As noted, BranchCache is an independent mechanism that can't be correlated directly to what content ConfigMgr is also caching in ccmcache.
Jason_Sandys let me follow up on #2: I am not too worried about the correlation of content, just the overall simple math of how much space we might allocate as cache if we configure a Client Setting with a BranchCache of 10% of disk and a CCM cache of 15 Gb or max cache size of 20% of disk. Is the end result that 30% of the disk can be consumed as cache (part BranchCache and part CCM cache, operating independently)?
- Jason_Sandys
mfreedberg The simple answer is yes because both are independent.
Keep in mind that BranchCache include deduplication at a block level and the cache retention periods for both are different. That doesn't change the simple answer above, just additional info on the caches. Also, remember than neither is reserved space, they are simply a maximum size that each can grow to.
