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Bulk Loader Performance Considerations

Using the bulk loader to manipulate many managed objects, such as creating many users, can affect performance.

To improve performance, consider the following recommendations:

• Divide one large CSV file into multiple small files when using the User Console to do bulk loads.

  For example, doing ten bulk loads of 10,000 users is quicker than doing one bulk load of 100,000 users.

• Limit the number of tasks that the user who is performing the bulk load has. For example, performance improves when the administrator who initiates the bulk load has only a few tasks.

  When the administrator has many tasks, CA IdentityMinder has to do more extensive permissions checks, which can affect performance.

• Limit the number of Policy Xpress policies, which are associated with the bulk changes, that involve provisioning.

  Also, consider creating simple Policy Xpress policies, which do not affect performance as much as complex policies during a bulk load operation.

• Verify that you have sufficient system resources.