When working with Essbase clusters to achieve high availability of servers, it is customary to use network file systems for sharing the Essbase application files across systems.
On Windows, you can use Universal/Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) to describe the location of a network resource, such as a shared directory. Syntax:
\\ComputerName\SharedFolder\Resource
For Essbase running on Windows, UNC paths are supported to specify network shared paths for the following Essbase Server application artifacts:
ARBORPATH
Tablespace paths for aggregate storage applications
Disk volume paths for block storage applications
UNC paths are not supported for all other file paths, including client side paths for data load and dimension build.
For full documentation of UNC syntax, see MSDN.