Tuning for search and storage performance

The Archive configuration can be modified to optimize search and storage performance based on server resources.

To optimize the Archive search function, you can edit the repository.cfg file to tune the use of your system resources to maximize efficiency.

To produce a faster return on results, modify the threads_for_search property so that it matches the number of CPU cores you have on your system. The search function then uses one thread per CPU, so that results are returned more quickly.

If you store 10 million or more documents or jobs in the repository, set the max_merge_size to 4000000.

If you store fewer than 10 million documents or jobs, set max_merge_size to about 25% of your total documents or jobs stored. For example, if you store 1,000,000 documents, set the max_merge_size to 250000.

To tune the repository search:

  1. Navigate to the repository.cfg file in /aiw/aiw1/config/ (Unix-based systems) or C:\aiw\aiw1\config\ (Windows).
  2. Open repository.cfg in a text editor.
  3. Modify threads_for_search and max_merge_size as needed.
  4. Save the file.
    Note: You do not need to restart RICOH ProcessDirector for the change to take effect.
Parent topic: Setting up the Archive feature