Werk #18032: HW/SW Inventory: Speed up loading trees
| Component | HW/SW inventory | ||
| Title | HW/SW Inventory: Speed up loading trees | ||
| Date | May 14, 2025 | ||
| Level | Prominent Change | ||
| Class | New Feature | ||
| Compatibility | Compatible - no manual interaction needed | ||
| Checkmk versions & editions |
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So far the inventory trees are saved with Python's repr function and loaded with
ast.literal_eval. Now new or archived trees are saved as json.
A distributed setup may be constituted of sites where remote sites use already this version and
the central site still uses a 2.4.0 version. In order to make the repr vs. json inventory
tree transformation work the central site must be at least of version 2.4.0p3. See also werk 18034.
A simple test shows a clear performance improvement. Loading 150 trees, each of size 1.7 MB, takes
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65 seconds with
ast.literal_eval -
2 seconds with
json.loads