Nextcloud client hangs, 100 files, slow transfer

Very slow transfer of files with Nextcloud client. What is behind this?

I have set up a Nextcloud server, but I quickly encountered problems when importing files. Initially, the data ran quite smoothly over the line, but it quickly got stuck.

It was noticeable that it hung exactly at a 100 file step. Something was still transferred, but very slowly. I first suspected the client on my computer, but another computer showed exactly the same behaviour.

I checked the PHP settings and played around with the values. None of this helped. I even set up a new server in a virtual machine as a test. Same result.

Bulkupload is to blame

After a bit of searching on the internet, I came across a thread in the Nextcloud forum.

Some people here had the same problem. The solution was to set the following setting in the “config.php” of the server:

'bulkupload.enabled' => false

The bulk upload should actually speed up the transfer. Instead of transferring each file individually, 100 files are sent to the server at a time.

Then it went smoothly!

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