When a project is activated, images (and templates) in the user's project folder are copied into the project's subfolder within the Master project folder. The Master project folder is \\ServerName\FMRoot\Master. If the Image Cache has access to the Master project folder, you can load images directly from the project subfolders it contains. Loading images is accomplished by setting IS_REMOTE to false and setting BASE_LOCATION to the UNC path to the Master folder:

When using shared content, SHARED_LOCATION should be updated to reflect the shared content's UNC path.

The settings are the defaults and can be used on all servers that have network access to the Master project folder.

To build some fault tolerance into your system, use ALTERNATE_REMOTE_LOCATION to specify an alternative folder that can be used if the folder named in BASE_LOCATION is unavailable. The alternative folder must be on a different server than the base folder.