Entre las principales tareas de mantenimiento para DSpace, tenemos las del archivo crontab siguiente:

# Send out subscription e-mails at 01:00 every day
0 1 * * * /var/dspace/bin/dspace sub-daily
# Run the media filter at 02:00 every day
0 2 * * * /var/dspace/bin/dspace filter-media
# Run the checksum checker at 03:00
0 3 * * * /var/dspace/bin/dspace checker -lp
# Mail the results to the sysadmin at 04:00
0 4 * * * /var/dspace/bin/dspace checker-emailer -c
# Run stat analysis
0 1 * * * /var/dspace/bin/dspace stat-general
0 1 * * * /var/dspace/bin/dspace stat-monthly
0 2 * * * /var/dspace/bin/dspace stat-report-general
0 2 * * * /var/dspace/bin/dspace stat-report-monthly
# Generate sitemaps
0 6 * * * /var/dspace/bin/dspace generate-sitemaps
0 22 * * * /var/dspace/bin/dspace itemcounter