# Play files from network share / SAN

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/play-files-from-network-share-san/34570>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [May 18, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-files-from-network-share-san/34570 "2010-05-18T10:09:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Potter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Brandon\_Potter](https://community.wowza.com/u/Brandon_Potter)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-files-from-network-share-san/34570/1 "2010-05-18T10:09:42Z")

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Is it possible for Wowza to stream on-demand video assets from a network share, SAN, etc (for example \server\share\stream.mp4)? If so, how?

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-files-from-network-share-san/34570/2 "2010-05-18T15:17:05Z")

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Yes, you can. Modify the /conf/[appName]/Application.xml /StorageDir to “\server\share”

```auto
<StorageDir>\\server\share\</StorageDir>

```

Richard

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**Author:** ![M\_de\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@M\_de\_G](https://community.wowza.com/u/M_de_G)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-files-from-network-share-san/34570/3 "2010-05-18T16:30:35Z")

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And with linux you can mount the share by editing fstab 🙂