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Max recommended doc library size ?
I know that site collections can be up to 1 Gig but also read that the site becomes bogged down if there are too many files or if the data volume is too large. What is the suggested max sux
In the on-premises world content database sizes used to be an issue. The main issue would be taking backups etc.
For this reason the database sizes aren't relevant in cloud. i.e. it's Microsoft's problem ;-)
Of course the more data there is the slower queries could become. However have you noticed Google and Bing getting any slower? not really. The reason for this is that the search indexes are clever enough to find relevant data faster than less relevant data.
The main issue now as jcgonzalezmartin mentioned is the 5000 item limit on lists.
- I see. Is that 5000 item limit currently on fasttrack or is the solution a ways off? I read that we can enable some automatic index where O365 creates a key index or some field that can be used to prevent lockup at 5000 items. Maybe I saw it here ... https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Manage-large-lists-and-libraries-in-Office-365-B4038448-EC0E-49B7-B853-679D3D8FB784
