Techniques

The following techniques can improve the process involving downloads:

Plan downloads in advance and submit them to execute in batch during non-peak hours. Set up a time period for downloads during non-peak hours. Allow only downloads during this time period. One job name should be associated with each model. Single stream the download by model during the time period.
To avoid downloading during prime time, have more than one subset checked out at all times. If work on one subset is finished or needs to be redefined, there is always a second subset to work on.
If downloads are allowed during the day, require that all users of that model be notified.
Create a subsetting expert for each project or model. This expert can help users define subsets appropriately, which reduces the number of incomplete subsets and subsets that are too large.
Users that have read-only access to a model or a subset can do a
read-only download that does not mark the original model or subset as checked out. This is different from having update access and scoping objects for read protection.