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P4 Server Administration Documentation | 2026.1

# Performance and protections

The P4 Server scans the protection table to determine whether the user that issued a command is permitted to run that command. To make the scanning more efficient, write lines that specify the relevant depot paths. For example:

    //depot/projectB/dir/...
    //depot/projectD/dir/...
    //depot/projectG/dir/...

instead of:

    //depot/.../dir/...

which might include depot paths that are not currently relevant.

Review the protection line entries periodically to remove any unnecessary protection lines.

You might be able to reduce the number of lines in the protection table by moving old projects into an archive depot. To learn more, see Reclaim disk space with an archive depot.

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