# Lot of sidekiq jobs during data import

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**Created:** [2016年十一月25日 07:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lot-of-sidekiq-jobs-during-data-import/53358 "2016-11-25T07:25:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [2016年十一月25日 17:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lot-of-sidekiq-jobs-during-data-import/53358/2 "2016-11-25T17:27:03Z")

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Generally you should turn off Sidekiq during import (it’ll be faster) and then turn it on when it’s done. It’ll do things like rebake every post (all 5 million of them), so it’ll take a while.

> [@Migrate a phpBB3 forum to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-phpbb3-forum-to-discourse/30810/1):
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> Discourse will start and Sidekiq will begin post-processing all the imported posts. This can take a considerate amount of time. You can watch the progress by logging in as admin and visiting [http://discourse.example.com/sidekiq](http://discourse.example.com/sidekiq)

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