Hi, With Sling content distribution (using FileVault), we observe a significantly lower throughput for content packages containing binaries. The main bottleneck seems to be the compression algorithm applied to every element contained in the content package.
I think that we could improve the throughput significantly, simply by avoiding to re-compress binaries that are already compressed. In order to figure out what binaries are already compressed, we could use match the content type stored along the binary against a list of configurable content types. I have done some micro tests with this idea (patch in [0]). I think that the results are promising. Exporting a single 250 MB JPEG is 80% faster (22.4 sec -> 4.3 sec) for a 3% bigger content package (233.2 MB -> 240.4 MB) Exporting AEM OOTB /content/dam is 50% faster (11.9 sec -> 5.9 sec) for a 5% bigger content package (92.8 MB -> 97.4 MB) Import for the same cases is 66% faster respectively 32% faster. I think this could either be done by default and allowing to configure the list of types that skip compression. Alternatively, it could be done on a project level, by extending FileVault with the following 1. For each package, allow to define the default compression level (best compression, best speed) 2. Expose an API that allow to plugin a custom logic to decide how to compress a given artefact In any case, the changes would be backward compatible. Content packages created with the new code would be installable on instances running the old code and vice versa. wdyt ? Regards, Timothee [0] https://github.com/tmaret/jackrabbit-filevault/tree/performance-avoid-compressing-already-compressed-binaries-based-on-content-type-detection [1] https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/zip/Deflater.html#BEST_SPEED
