Cache Size Increase Issues

[roberto.rosario]

There are multiple factors that need to be addressed.

• When increasing the cache size, you need to restart the stack and verify in the settings view that the caches have acquired the new value.

“mayan_app_1” docker container becomes unstable and will only run for 1-2 seconds before shutting down after changing either one

This looks like the container is being killed by the OS. Similar discussion with provided context. The default install favor ease of install vs. scalability. For heavier workloads switch to a multi container deployment.

Document processing process

What exactly happens when I upload a document? I mean, what is the order of processing it? To allow scaling, almost everything in Mayan is a background task. The exact order is not deterministic and a task will listen to events of a previous one before launching the subsequent execution. The OCR task waits until the document version is fully created and populated with pages before launching. Then the OCR task will launch individual OCR tasks for each page image to allow parallel OCR. Article…

How to use the multi container Docker Compose profile

Optionally scale up the OCR worker, at least during the initial document loading.

Scaling up a multi container installation

I have tried this in a fresh setup of Mayan EDMS with no documents and I got the same results.

This should not be happening. Ensure you are following the supported installation method and validate the installation before loading up large documents.