Index: oak-upgrade/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/upgrade/RepositorySidegrade.java
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--- oak-upgrade/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/upgrade/RepositorySidegrade.java	(revision 1759379)
+++ oak-upgrade/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/upgrade/RepositorySidegrade.java	(working copy)
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
 
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RepositorySidegrade.class);
 
+    private static final int logNodeCopy = Integer.getInteger("oak.upgrade.logNodeCopy", 10000);
+
     /**
      * Target node store.
      */
@@ -258,7 +260,7 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            final NodeState reportingSourceRoot = ReportingNodeState.wrap(source.getRoot(), new LoggingReporter(LOG, "Copying", 10000, -1));
+            final NodeState reportingSourceRoot = ReportingNodeState.wrap(source.getRoot(), new LoggingReporter(LOG, "Copying", logNodeCopy, -1));
             final NodeState sourceRoot;
             if (filterLongNames) {
                 sourceRoot = NameFilteringNodeState.wrap(reportingSourceRoot);
Index: oak-upgrade/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/upgrade/RepositoryUpgrade.java
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--- oak-upgrade/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/upgrade/RepositoryUpgrade.java	(revision 1759379)
+++ oak-upgrade/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/upgrade/RepositoryUpgrade.java	(working copy)
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@
 
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RepositoryUpgrade.class);
 
+    private static final int logNodeCopy = Integer.getInteger("oak.upgrade.logNodeCopy", 10000);
+
     private static final Set<String> INDEXES_TO_REBUILD = ImmutableSet.of("counter");
 
     public static final Set<String> DEFAULT_INCLUDE_PATHS = ALL;
@@ -472,7 +474,7 @@
                             source, workspaceName, targetBuilder.getNodeState(), 
                             uriToPrefix, copyBinariesByReference, skipOnError
                     ),
-                    new LoggingReporter(logger, "Migrating", 10000, -1)
+                    new LoggingReporter(logger, "Migrating", logNodeCopy, -1)
             );
             final NodeState sourceRoot;
             if (filterLongNames) {