Is it advised to comment out ehcache updateCheck

[Sarah Butash]

Hello,

In this update from Alan  https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/2017-09/#2017-09-12, it is suggested that setting this updateCheck="false" resolves an issue of frequent calls to terracotta (we are seeing this issue).  Is it still advisable to make this change?

Thanks!

Sarah

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[Tim Donohue]

Hi Sarah,

The context of your question is unclear.  But, I wanted to note that this configuration has been fully removed from DSpace 7 (as of 7.3, see https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/8146).  So, that "dspace-services/src/main/resources/caching/ehcache-config.xml" file no longer exists in DSpace 7.

It's unclear what version of DSpace you are referring to.  I was personally unaware that this configuration caused any issues in older versions of DSpace, but it appears that at least Alan Orth (and maybe others) found that setting "updateCheck=false" helped.  So, I cannot make a recommendation here as to whether to change that setting or not in older DSpace releases... but maybe others can provide more specific advise.

Tim

[Mark H. Wood]

On Tue, Nov 01, 2022 at 07:16:33AM -0700, 'Tim Donohue' via DSpace Technical Support wrote:
> Hi Sarah,
>
> The context of your question is unclear. But, I wanted to note that this
> configuration has been fully removed from DSpace 7 (as of 7.3,
> see https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/8146). So, that
> "dspace-services/src/main/resources/caching/ehcache-config.xml" file no
> longer exists in DSpace 7.
>
> It's unclear what version of DSpace you are referring to. I was personally
> unaware that this configuration caused any issues in older versions of
> DSpace, but it appears that at least Alan Orth (and maybe others) found
> that setting "updateCheck=false" helped. So, I cannot make a
> recommendation here as to whether to change that setting or not in older
> DSpace releases... but maybe others can provide more specific advise.

DSpace was patched on 2018-04-08 to disable the update check.
See https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1940

I recall that the messages were annoying and the check slowed startup
a bit.

> On Monday, October 31, 2022 at 6:40:20 AM UTC-5 sbu...@oakland.edu wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > In this update from Alan
> > https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/2017-09/#2017-09-12, it is
> > suggested that setting this updateCheck="false" resolves an issue of
> > frequent calls to terracotta (we are seeing this issue). Is it still
> > advisable to make this change?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Sarah

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