Hi Joseph, > Hello, > > My browse-by-author is going very slowly. I'm on version 1.4.2. Does anyone > have that fixed? Can't seem to find anything in the archive other than > rumours of memory leaks. Any pointers? >
How many items/authors do you have in the database? And what sort of load times are you seeing? The browse in 1.4.2 did "by author" by using a SELECT DISTINCT query over a potentially very large table, which can result in extreme poor performance in generating the user interface. As the number of authors scaled by the number of items becomes large, this process becomes very slow indeed, especially if there are author names which appear on multiple items. This was the main reason for replacing the browse system in v1.5, which is considerably more scalable. If you can, you should upgrade to the latest version of DSpace, which will eliminate this problem. Cheers, Richard -- Richard Jones Head Repository Systems Architect, Symplectic Limited e: [email protected] t: 0845 026 4755 t: +44 (0)207 7334036 w: http://www.symplectic.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
