Sitecore content authoring slowness: Configuration optimization

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Application configuration updates to reduce load on the Sitecore CMS’s authoring instance.

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1. Increase the following cache sizes, it is advisable to maintain the cache sizes such that they are not more than 80% utilized at any time:

   1. IsUserInRole

   2. UserProfileCache

   3. AccessResultCache

   
   

2. Make the following configuration changes to reduce load on content editor operations:

<setting name="ContentEditor.CheckHasChildrenOnTreeNodes" set:value="false" /><setting name="ContentEditor.RenderCollapsedSections" value="false" /><setting name="ContentEditor.CheckSecurityOnTreeNodes" value="false" />

3. Limit item versions to a maximum of 5. An extremely large number of versions on several items will degrade the performance and consequently increase the load on the DB as well. Powershell would be the preferred tool for this.

   
   
   
   

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More references:

Improve Sitecore Content Editor Performance / Blogs / Perficient

Optimizing Sitecore CM Performance: A comprehensive guide | by Sridharan Padmanabhan | Nov, 2023 | Medium