Content Migration to Alfresco

[ahmed_almukhtar]

Hi,

I am working on a project where I need to migrate terrabytes of content into the Alfresco Content Repository from a shared drive sitting on a server.

I have done some research and found out about entropysoft but was wondering if there is an open source alternative Content ETL tool that I can use.

Thanks in advance

[zaizi]

You can easily FTP the content into Alfresco Repository. Do you want to map the same permissions from the file system to Alfresco repository?

Ainga

[ahmed_almukhtar]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Yes we are looking at mapping the same permissions - I want to capture the metadata for classification structure as the main reason for implementing alfresco is to have a structured way to access and search for the data.

Alfresco is sitting on the same server as the shared drive. Would it be suitable using FTP with that amount of data or would it be more usfeul to use a toolkit?

Cheers

[andyux]

Sorry for the piggyback but i have the same situation, just not too familiar w Alfresco. If i ftp files over to a alfresco directory, they will show up in alfresco? but w/out permissions? Would alfresco understand imported (ftp) directory structures?

[zaizi]

Alfresco has a built-in FTP server. You can FTP documents directly into Alfresco repository. Details on the FTP service: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/File_Server_Configuration#FTP_Server_Configuration.

If the documents are current sitting on a file system, I assume there isn't any metadata as such. Even if they are sitting on the same server, you'll still need to get the documents into the Alfresco repository so Alfresco can manage the content for you.

The best way to do it for large content is to FTP it into Alfresco.

Ainga

[andyux]

thanks Ainga, wil try that; what about the import function? i mported a zip file and nothing showed up in the directory (no error) v2.1

[baltner]

Greetings.  I am facing the same situation.  My customers have been using a shared drive for years to manage group access to documents (hundreds to thousands of them) and while they are not happy with this as a DM solution and want something like Alfresco, I think it will be hard to wean them away from using this drive.  Thus even after a bulk upload via FTP into an Alfresco repository I would still face the challenge of maintenance.

I realize that with CIFS they could  have all the benefits that Alfresco brings and still have access to a shared drive, it's just that it wouldn't be the same shared drive.  You may not think it would be that hard to convince them to use a different drive letter, but I think it will be.  So, if some users continue to use the old shared drive I'd have to run some cron every night to sync the drive with the repository, right?  There must be a better way.

Thanks,
Bruce

[fadzlinor]

You can easily FTP the content into Alfresco Repository. Do you want to map the same permissions from the file system to Alfresco repository?

Ainga

may i know, if i want to maintain existed file server permission within alfresco, it possible to do it?

[gary07]

ahmed.almukhtar…

I was looking for the same thing, have you found any kind of solution?

[masterjere]

@Zaizi what is the Alfresco Repository? I have been trying to figure this out for quite a while. I have a client of mine that uses a "Online Repository" and he's in the court reporting industry but he's using sql/asp as his cms and a bit of php I believe, not this Alfresco Repository? Point me in the right direction here if you can, or can you give me a link that tells me a bit more about the CMS here at Alfresco and the benefits?

- UPDATE: Nevermind I just found the youtube video, very informative!

Cheers Zaizi 🙂

Jeremiah R.