SharePoint Software Limitation
Following are the limitation of SharePoint software.
Limit
|
Maximum Value
|
Limit Type
|
Web application
|
20 per farm
|
Supported
|
Zone
|
5 per web
application
|
Boundary
|
Managed path
|
20 per web
application
|
Supported
|
Solution cache size
|
300 MB per web
application
|
Threshold
|
Application Pools
|
20 per farm
|
Supported
|
Number of content
databases
|
500 per farm
|
Supported
|
Content database
size (general usage scenarios)
|
200 GB per content
database
|
Supported
|
Content database
size (all usage scenarios)
|
4 TB per content
database
|
Supported
|
Content database
size (document archive scenario)
|
No explicit content
database limit
|
Supported
|
Content database
items
|
60 million
(includes documents and items)
|
Supported
|
Site collections
per content database
|
10,000
|
Supported
|
Site collections
per farm
|
750,000
|
Supported
|
Web site
|
250,000 per site
collection
|
Supported
|
Site collection
size
|
Max size of the
content database
|
Supported
|
List row size
|
8,000 bytes per row
|
Boundary
|
File size
|
2 GB
|
Boundary
|
Documents
|
30,000,000 per
library
|
Supported
|
Major versions
|
400,000
|
Supported
|
Minor versions
|
511
|
Boundary
|
Items
|
30,000,000 per list
|
Supported
|
Rows size limit
|
6 table rows
internal to the database used for a list or library item
|
Supported
|
Bulk operations
|
100 items per bulk
operation
|
Boundary
|
List view lookup
threshold
|
8 join operations
per query
|
Threshold
|
List view threshold
|
5,000
|
Threshold
|
List view threshold
for auditors and administrators
|
20,000
|
Threshold
|
Subsite
|
2,000 per site view
|
Threshold
|
Coauthoring in Word
and PowerPoint for .docx, .pptx and .ppsx files
|
10 concurrent
editors per document
|
Threshold
|
Security scope
|
1,000 per list
|
Threshold
|