System Administrator's Page

This is a community built & maintained page. Any DSpace System Administrators should feel free to add their own hints/tips for running DSpace. If you have helpful scripts, also feel free to add them.

Performance Tuning

HowToPerformanceTuneForDspace - General Performance Tuning tips for DSpace Admins (feel free to add to it!)
PostgreSQL Performance Tips:
- PostgresPerformanceTuning
- PostgresqlConfiguration
Clustering - some slightly older thoughts on Clustering DSpace (Please feel free to change/update with your own tips)

Reported Scalability Issues

Feel free to add your own details on the appropriate page, below:

ScalabilityIssues1.6 - Reported Scalability Issues with DSpace 1.6
ScalabilityIssues1.4 - Reported Scalability Issues with DSpace 1.4 and previous.
- JhuIngestDbAnalysis Johns Hopkins University's ingest optimizations (DSpace 1.4 and previous)

Other Issues you may encounter

Idle In Transaction Problem or related database hanging failures

Helpful Scripts or Tips for Admins

BackupRestore - Tips on Backing up & Restoring DSpace
SecuringDspace - Tips on Securing DSpace
Problem with Administrative Pages in DSpace 1.5 when installed in root context
To upgrade without overwriting a running instance of DSpace
Scripts to start the Handle server automatically at system startup
Ensuring your instance is indexed
Extra system admin help: http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/System_Admin