It does seem like the server is accessing the documents. Here is one timing example for a directory with lots of content, accessed via WebDAV:
Files in directory: 237 Total XML filesize before loading: 495 MB Total # of fragments: ca. 81000 Time to get directory listing: 25 sec. minimum Tested using both oXygen's built-in WebDAV client, and Transmit 4 from Panic, an efficient ftp/WebDAV client for Mac. As timings are nearly identical for both, the delay seems to be server-side. I wonder if this merits an RFE. David On Mon, 20 Jun 2011, Geert Josten wrote: > Hi David, > > Guessing a bit here, but sounds like the WEBDAV interface is accessing the > actual documents, possibly to retrieve properties and such. It might help to > apply fragmentation, which could help MarkLogic Server to load the data piece > by piece and keep a smaller memory footprint. > > But perhaps someone from Mark Logic could respond with more details.. > > Kind regards, > Geert > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] Namens David Sewell > Verzonden: maandag 20 juni 2011 16:02 > Aan: General MarkLogic Developer Discussion > Onderwerp: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] Viewing Documents with WebDAV > > On Fri, 17 Jun 2011, Danny Sokolsky wrote: > >> Hi Tim, >> >> There is nothing inherently slow about WebDAV per se, > [...] > > We have consistent problems using the MarkLogic WebDAV interface with > data directories that contain, not a large number of files, but a number > of very large files. The directories are slow to open, whether using an > OS client as in OS X, or oXygen's browser. The slowness seems to be > directly related to the amount of data stored in the directory. For > example, a directory with 136 files totalling around 250MB of XML data > consistently takes 20 seconds or show to return a listing via WebDAV. > > On the database in question we have uri lexicon enabled, and my > assumption would be that the WebDAV functionality would take advantage > of this to compile a list of filenames in a directory quickly. I've > never understood why the amount of data per se seems to slow down the > WebDAV interface as much as it does. > > DS > > -- David Sewell, Editorial and Technical Manager ROTUNDA, The University of Virginia Press PO Box 400314, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4314 USA Email: [email protected] Tel: +1 434 924 9973 Web: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general
