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Dataimport to a new alfrescohost

Joerg_Schleede — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:08:14 GMT

i try to import many litle files with webdav to a new host.

the files are on a nfs-share. the alfrescohost is mounted with webdavfs.

after a while (ca 1000 files) the copyperformance goes down.

the alfrescohost have enough mem and cpu.

if i run parallel a second (vm)clienthost then the performance on this is high for a while again.

i think that alfresco rate a webdavclient down after a while.

How can i increase the importvelocity again?

what is the best importmethod?

Re: Dataimport to a new alfrescohost

fedorow — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 18:02:36 GMT

Mount nfs-share into the alfresco repo host file system.
Do bulk import from the mounted path. Documentation is here: https://support.hyland.com/r/Alfresco/Alfresco-Content-Services/25.1/Alfresco-Content-Services/Administer/Admin-Tools/Import-and-transfer-tools/Import-with-the-Bulk-Import-tool/Bulk-import-using-the-user-interface

Re: Dataimport to a new alfrescohost

AlfrescoZZZ — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:33:16 GMT

Webdav is deprecated, my advise is to use the CMIS protocol with a client CMIS to import files and folders from a local disk.

Please note that CMIS performs a SYNC rather than an UPLOAD like FTP and Webdav, so after you have imported the documents, it is advisable to disconnect it.

Re: Dataimport to a new alfrescohost

cesarista — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 09:03:11 GMT

Hi:

In the way commented by Fedorow above, if webdav is not fast enough to extract the data directly, you can try bulk export tool (you have to install an addon - depends on the Alfresco version), and later to do bulk import in the new repo from this extraction.

You may also divide the process, do a complete webdav extraction first to disk, and later a bulk import in the new repo.

Regards.

--C.