Maximum document throughput for REST per hour

[Jim_Bullen1]

Is there a maximum document throughput for the API server using REST? 

A customer wants to upload documents via a batch process using the REST API and would like to know what is the maximum documents that could come through in a 12 hour window.  I know this is a loaded question and is based on the environment but I couldn't find any documentation on best practices or about how many docs could be processed per hour via REST on average.

[AdamShaneHyland]

Hi @Jim Bullen ,

No, there is no limit set on the number of Documents which can be uploaded in an hour.  However, as you noted, there are is lot that goes into the simple statement.  You would need to consider the type of licenses you are using for the user uploading the Documents (e.g. Concurrent vs. Query API).  Concurrent would have no limited, but you would be consuming a license which each session you create, whereas the Query API would not consume a license unless you are querying the system.  You could theoretically run out of Query API licenses depending on the solution you build.

Based on the above, it would depend on what your system is capable of handing.

Best wishes.

[Eric_Maerz]

Just as a reference point, we are getting a throughtput of about 2 Documents (250 KB PDF) per second via REST Upload, without having done any special performance optimizations.