Thursday, August 18, 2011

Site collection limitations Sharepoint 2010























Limit Maximum value Limit type Notes
Web site250,000 per site collectionSupportedThe maximum recommended number of sites and subsites is 250,000 sites.


You can create a very large total number of Web sites by nesting subsites. For example, in a shallow hierarchy with 100 sites, each with 1,000 subsites, you would have a total of 100,000 Web sites. Or a deep hierarchy with 100 sites, each with 10 subsite levels would also contain a total of 100,000 Web sites.


Note: Deleting or creating a site or subsite can significantly affect a site's availability. Access to the site and subsites will be limited while the site is being deleted. Attempting to create many subsites at the same time may also fail.
Site collection sizeMaximum size of the content databaseSupportedA site collection can be as large as the content database size limit for the applicable usage scenario


 

In general, we strongly recommend limiting the size of site collections to 100 GB for the following reasons:


  • Certain site collection actions, such as site collection backup/restore or the Windows PowerShell cmdlet Move-SPSite, cause large Microsoft SQL Server operations which can affect performance or fail if other site collections are active in the same database.

  • SharePoint site collection backup and restore is only supported for a maximum site collection size of 100 GB. For larger site collections, the entire content database must be backed up. If multiple site collections larger than 100 GB are contained in a single content database, backup and restore operations can take a long time and are at risk of failure.




 

 List and library limits
The following table lists the recommended guidelines for lists and libraries.

























































































Limit Maximum value Limit type Notes
List row size8,000 bytes per rowBoundaryEach list or library item can only occupy 8,000 bytes in total in the database. 256 bytes are reserved for built-in columns, which leaves 7,744 bytes for end-user columns.
File size2 GBBoundaryThe default maximum file size is 50 MB. This can be increased up to 2 GB, however a large volume of very large files can affect farm performance.
Documents30,000,000 per librarySupportedYou can create very large document libraries by nesting folders, or using standard views and site hierarchy. This value may vary depending on how documents and folders are organized, and by the type and size of documents stored.
Major versions400,000SupportedIf you exceed this limit, basic file operations—such as file open or save, delete, and viewing the version history— may not succeed.
Items30,000,000 per listSupportedYou can create very large lists using standard views, site hierarchies, and metadata navigation. This value may vary depending on the number of columns in the list and the usage of the list.
Rows size limit6 table rows internal to the database used for a list or library itemSupportedSpecifies the maximum number of table rows internal to the database that can be used for a list or library item. To accommodate wide lists with many columns, each item may be wrapped over several internal table rows, up to six rows by default. This is configurable by farm administrators through the object model only.
Bulk operations100 items per bulk operationBoundaryThe user interface allows a maximum of 100 items to be selected for bulk operations.
List view lookup threshold8 join operations per queryThresholdSpecifies the maximum number of joins allowed per query, such as those based on lookup, person/group, or workflow status columns. If the query uses more than eight joins, the operation is blocked. This does not apply to single item operations. When using the maximal view via the object model (by not specifying any view fields), SharePoint will return up to the first eight lookups.
List view threshold5,000ThresholdSpecifies the maximum number of list or library items that a database operation, such as a query, can process at the same time outside the daily time window set by the administrator during which queries are unrestricted.
List view threshold for auditors and administrators20,000ThresholdSpecifies the maximum number of list or library items that a database operation, such as a query, can process at the same time when they are performed by an auditor or administrator with appropriate permissions. This setting works with Allow Object Model Override.
Subsite2,000 per site viewThresholdThe interface for enumerating subsites of a given Web site does not perform well as the number of subsites surpasses 2,000. Similarly, the All Site Content page and the Tree View Control performance will decrease significantly as the number of subsites grows.
Coauthoring in Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint for .docx, .pptx and .ppsx files 10 concurrent editors per documentThresholdRecommended maximum number of concurrent editors is 10. The boundary is 99.


If there are 99 co-authors who have a single document opened for concurrent editing, any user after the 100th user sees a "File in use" error and have to view a read-only copy.


More than 10 co-editors will lead to a gradually degraded user experience with more conflicts and users will have to go through more iterations to get their changes to upload successfully.
Security scope1,000 per listThresholdThe maximum number of unique security scopes set for a list should not exceed 1,000.


A scope is the security boundary for a securable object and any of its children that do not have a separate security boundary defined. A scope contains an Access Control List (ACL), but unlike NTFS ACLs, a scope can include security principals that are specific to SharePoint Server. The members of an ACL for a scope can include Windows users, user accounts other than Windows users (such as forms-based accounts), Active Directory groups, or SharePoint groups.

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