eDocs is based on the Xythos document management system

The UIS eDocs system is based on the powerful Xythos document management system. Xythos is based in San Francisco, and is a subsidiary of Blackboard.



The UIS implementation is on a Wintel server with a total of 7 terabytes of disk storage. Each faculty, staff, and student has a quota of 1 gigabyte of storage, while departments and campus units have a quota of 5 gigabytes.

The data on the eDocs server is backed-up several times each day on remote servers at UIC and UIUC over a gigabit network.