SUNScholar/Optimisations

Introduction

This wiki help page assumes that you have used the three system setup procedures to install an Ubuntu server with DSpace software.

This wiki page details the major optimisations of the system performed at Stellenbosch University.

• Remove "mod_jk", use "authbind" exclusively with no need of the Tomcat AJP connector in order to reduce the Tomcat server load

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Prepare_Ubuntu/S05

• Remove development mode of Tomcat by adding the following to server context.

enableLookups="false" 

• Use XMLUI exclusively to reduce the Java memory load

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Install_Dspace/S08

• Fix "browse index" configuration to reduce the PostgreSQL database server query load

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Indexes#Browse_Indexes

References

• https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC18/Performance+Tuning+DSpace

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