Would adding a number of observers to a Paratext project slow down send/receive?

Question

We have a glossary in Tok Pisin, PNG's main LWC, that we have been asked to share. If we make a number of people observers on that project so they can see our GLO as it develops, will that slow down send/receive? We already have 45 users on this project.

The alternative is to give them a zipped backup, which would of course be just a snapshot. We have been asked to share it because of the way we are doing our glossaries, which we explain in this work-in-progress paper: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cdXeRc-Kj8wCYTTykc5KG6rSmjghFdq_nS6fAIVH_pk/edit#heading=h.33aihlqcr3zl

Thanks for any help you can give me on this.

John Nystrom

Answer 1

The number of observers on a project will have very little impact on the performance of S/R - can't say zero impact, but it will be very small.

So, I would recommend using the option of sharing that is most convenient for you and the person you are sharing the project with.

Answer 2

This used to be how T4T shared their ongoing work. I seem to recall that it did slow down S/R, but that was in PNG with limited internet. I don't know how it would work in a better internet situation.

They ended up switching to publishing it as a resource, which could be downloaded/updated through the Download/Install resources menu. I think that helped. But I'm not sure how widely you want to distribute it (you can restrict access for a resource to specific organizations or sub-organizations).

Comments

On DBL there is even the option to grant resource permissions to individual users. I haven't tried this myself, though.