For simulated data and external forecasts the metadata of the timeseries are by default stored in the catalogue. This part of the harvesting process can take a substantial amount of time. However the metadata of the external forecasts and the simulated data are only needed when you want to retrieve simulated data or external forecasts from the archive with the Delft-FEWS web services. If you do not use the webservices, you can save on harvesting time by disabling the indexing with the <indexForecastTimeSeries> configuration option in the archiveServerConfig.xml file. Below an example.
<archiveServer xmlns:arc="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews/archive" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews/archive http://fews.wldelft.nl/schemas//version1.0/archive-schemas/archiveServer.xsd" xmlns="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews/archive" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <archiveEnvironmentName>$prop1$</archiveEnvironmentName> <baseUrlFileServer>http://dummy_server:8080/thredds/fileServer/Archive</baseUrlFileServer> <baseUrlArchiveRootFolder>file:///d:\fews\archive\</baseUrlArchiveRootFolder> <indexForecastTimeSeries>false</indexForecastTimeSeries> </archiveServer>
After you changing this configuration you need to restart tomcat. After the restart you need to clear the catalogue and restart the harvester to re-index the catalogue again.
