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Limit R5 ND6/6.5 ND7 (updated from ND6)

What is themaximum size of 

a database?

64 GB (gigabyte) or the OSfile system's limit (2 GB on

some older UNIX platforms)

See note under ND6/6.5about Macintosh limit of 

2GB. Note sure if this is aproblem for R5 or not

64 GB (gigabyte) or the OSfile system's limit (2 GB on

some older UNIX platforms).On Windows, the limit is OSfile system limit, which forWindows 2003 is "way

bigger than you'll everneed".

According to technote1113005, there are someserious problems with >2GBsize on Macintosh client.

64 GB (gigabyte) or the OSfile system's limit (2 GB on

some older UNIX platforms).On Windows, the limit is OSfile system limit, which forWindows 2003 is "way bigger

than you'll ever need".

See note under ND6/6.5about Macintosh limit of 2GB.Note sure if this is a problemfor ND7 or not

What is themaximum size of plain text fields?(e.g., groupMembers field?)

15KB per (summary) textfield;64KB per (non-summary)text field;30KB of fields per document(storage); 15KB displayed ina view's column

15KB per (summary) textfield;64KB per (non-summary)text field;30KB of fields per document(storage); 15KB displayed ina view's column

15KB per (summary) textfield;64KB per (non-summary)text field;30KB of fields per document(storage); 15KB displayed ina view's column

What is themaximum size of 

a computed textfield?

64,363 characters 64,363 characters 64,363 characters

What is themaximum size of a single paragraphin a rich textfield?

64KB (this is approximately35k of text, though)

64KB (this is approximately35k of text, though)

64KB (this is approximately35k of text, though)

What is themaximum numberof paragraph

styles?

64,000 unique paragraphstyles in a single document

64,000 unique paragraphstyles in a single document

64,000 unique paragraphstyles in a single document

How manysublevels in ahierarchical view;how many

documents ateach level?

31 levels; 300,000documents

31 levels; 300,000documents

31 levels; 300,000documents

What is themaximum numberof windows youcan have opensimultaneously?

limited by memory; 35(?)accessible from keyboard

limited by memory; 35(?)accessible from keyboard

limited by memory; 35(?)accessible from keyboard

How manycharacters areallowed in namesfor views, forms,and so on?

Database Title: 32Filename: limited by OS's filesystemField names: 32View names: 64Form names: 32Macro names: 32

Database Title: 96Filename: limited by OS's filesystemField names: 32View names: 64Form names: 32Macro names: 32ACL entry: 255

Database Title: 96Filename: limited by OS's filesystemField names: 32View names: 64Form names: 32Macro names: 32ACL entry: 255

How manycharacters areallowed in variousadministrative

names?

Domain name: 31Notes named network: 31Organization (O) name: 3(min) to 62 (max), or 2

(min) if you include CountrycodeOrganizational unit (OU)name: 32Common name (CN): 80Server name: 79

User name: 79

Domain name: 31Notes named network: 31Organization (O) name: 3(min) to 64 (max), or 2

(min) if you include CountrycodeOrganizational unit (OU)name: 32Common name (CN): 80Server name: 79

User name: 79

Domain name: 31Notes named network: 31Organization (O) name: 3(min) to 64 (max), or 2

(min) if you include CountrycodeOrganizational unit (OU)name: 32Common name (CN): 80Server name: 79

User name: 79

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Group name: 62Country code (C): 2 (or 0since it is optional)Port: No maximum

Most are the same betweenR5 and ND6. Not surewhether Organization namedifference is real of documentation error.

Group name: 62Country code (C): 2 (or 0since it is optional)Port: No maximum

Source is "Table of Dominonaming requirements" fromND6 Admin Help db

Group name: 62Country code (C): 2 (or 0since it is optional)Port: No maximum

Source is "Table of Dominonaming requirements" fromND6 Admin Help db

How many aliasesare allowed forviews?

Up to 130 characters for allview aliases per view,including vertical-barseparators ("|"), includingthe view name

Up to 130 characters for allview aliases per view,including vertical-barseparators ("|"), includingthe view name

Up to 130 characters for allview aliases per view,including vertical-barseparators ("|"), includingthe view name

What is themaximum size forMail recipientnames?

2MB of recipient names(based on fully qualifiednames, for example, LesKaplan @ Marketing).

2MB of recipient names(based on fully qualifiednames, for example, LesKaplan @ Marketing).

2MB of recipient names(based on fully qualifiednames, for example, LesKaplan @ Marketing).

How many mailrules in a mail

DB?

50 100 100

What's themaximumpassword lengthallowed on an ID?

63 characters 63 characters 63 characters

fields in a

database

~ 3000 (limited to ~ 64K

total length for all fieldnames). You can enable thedatabase property "Allowmore fields in database" toget up to 22,893 uniquely-named fields in the

database.

~ 3000 (limited to ~ 64K

total length for all fieldnames). You can enable thedatabase property "Allowmore fields in database" toget up to 22,893 uniquely-named fields in the

database.

~ 3000 (limited to ~ 64K

total length for all fieldnames). You can enable thedatabase property "Allowmore fields in database" toget up to 22,893 uniquely-named fields in the

database.

How many fieldsin a form?

10MB memory (6MBmemory for OS/2)

10MB memory (6MBmemory for OS/2)

10MB memory (6MB memoryfor OS/2)

columns in onetable

64 64 64

rows in one table 255 255 255

nested tabledepth

8 nestings 8 nestings 8 nestings

views in adatabase

No limit; however, as thenumber of views increases,the length of time to displayother views also increases

No limit; however, as thenumber of views increases,the length of time to displayother views also increases

No limit; however, as thenumber of views increases,the length of time to displayother views also increases

forms in adatabase

Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited

columns in a view 289 ten-character columns;

dependent upon # orcharacters per column

289 ten-character columns;

dependent upon # orcharacters per column

289 ten-character columns;

dependent upon # orcharacters per column

How wide can acolumn be (# of 

inches)?

15KB displayed in a view'scolumn

15KB displayed in a view'scolumn

15KB displayed in a view'scolumn

What's the largest

view column titleallowed?

50 characters 80 characters 80 characters

What is the totalsize of computable

simple text fields?

63K 63K 63K

How manyparagraphs in adocument?

21,509 (19,004 for OS/2) 21,509 (19,004 for OS/2) 21,509 (19,004 for OS/2)

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What is themaximum size of a rich text field?

Limited only by availabledisk space up to 1GB

Limited only by availabledisk space up to 1GB

Limited only by available diskspace up to 1GB

What is themaximum numberof inserted pagebreaks?

Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited

How manydocuments can beimported into aview?

Individual documents: up to350K;from a spreadsheet, 8192rows;5000 separate documents

Individual documents: up to350K;from a spreadsheet, 8192rows;5000 separate documents

Individual documents: up to350K;from a spreadsheet, 8192rows;5000 separate documents

cascading views ina database

200 200 200

How many copiesof a document canbe printed atonce?

65,535 65,535 65,535

What is the

maximum valueallowed in "Startpage numbers at"

field?

65,535 65,535 65,535

margin size (ininches)

46 46 46

page cropping size(in inches)

46 46 46

point size toselect/print

250 250 250

maximum numberof soft-deleted

documents in adatabase

1000 32,768 32,768

documents in aview

Maximum of 128 GB for aview index.(16 M page of B-tree space,

8kB/page)

Also limited by available diskspace (2 GB on some UNIXplatforms).

View containers in R5databases (ODS 3.1 up) donot have a container sizelimit. The view size limit isnow determined by themaximum number of pagesthat can be created which is16,777,214. A page holds 8KB so that means the

maximum size for a view is137,438,937,088 bytes (128GB).

Maximum of 128 GB for aview index.(16 M page of B-tree space,

8kB/page)

Also limited by available diskspace (2 GB on some UNIXplatforms).

View containers in R5databases (ODS 3.1 up) donot have a container sizelimit. The view size limit isnow determined by themaximum number of pagesthat can be created which is16,777,214. A page holds 8KB so that means the

maximum size for a view is137,438,937,088 bytes (128GB).

Maximum of 128 GB for aview index.(16 M page of B-tree space,

8kB/page)

Also limited by available diskspace (2 GB on some UNIXplatforms).

View containers in R5databases (ODS 3.1 up) donot have a container sizelimit. The view size limit isnow determined by themaximum number of pagesthat can be created which is16,777,214. A page holds 8KB so that means the

maximum size for a view is137,438,937,088 bytes (128GB).

What's themaximum number

of profiledocumentsallowed in adatabase?

6000-6100 per database :s/w limitation

around 6000-6100 perdatabase: s/w limitation

around 6000-6100 perdatabase: s/w limitation

What is themaximum numberof documents that

can be exportedto Tabular Text?

Limited only by availabledisk space

Limited only by availabledisk space

Limited only by available diskspace

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How many levelsof responses willdisplay in a view?

31 levels of response to 1main document

31 levels of response to 1main document

31 levels of response to 1main document

How manyresponses perparent document?

(bug:15,796 responses perdocument in R5 to 5.0.10)

300,000 documents 300,000 documents

What is the

maximum numberof entries in anAccess ControlList?

Approx: 950 names

(ACL size is limited to 32767bytes)

Approx: 950 names

(ACL size is limited to 32767bytes)

Approx: 950 names

(ACL size is limited to 32767bytes)

What is themaximum numberof roles in anaccess control

list?

75 Roles 75 Roles 75 Roles

What is themaximum numberof ACL groups auser can be

member of?

4096 5.0.9 up (pre-5.0.9, abug may crash server over3000 groups)

4096 4096

What is the

maximum numberof groups that canbe nested?

20 levels or up to 64k of 

group name and personname characters, whicheveris lower (~30k of data using@UserNamesList or@UserRoles)

(in R4: 6 levels)

20 levels or up to 64k of 

group name and personname characters, whicheveris lower (~30k of data using@UserNamesList or@UserRoles)

20 levels or up to 64k of 

group name and personname characters, whicheveris lower (~30k of data using@UserNamesList or@UserRoles)

What is themaximum size of a single paragraphyou can cut or

copy to theClipboard?

Unlimited (64K for UNIX) Unlimited (64K for UNIX) Unlimited (64K for UNIX)

What is themaximum numberof documents youcan cut or copy to

the clipboard?

2335 (Win32) 2335 (Win32) 2335 (Win32)

What is themaximum numberof users to haveauthorizedpasswords on a

multiple passwordID?

8 users 8 users 8 users

What's themaximum amountof storage thatcan be used forstrings in a

LotusScriptmodule?

2 GB or available memory. 2 GB or available memory. 2 GB or available memory.

What's themaximum lengthof an environment

variable value?

255 characters 255 characters 255 characters

What's themaximum lengthof a stringconstant in@functionformulas?

2048 characters 2048 characters 2048 characters

What's the 4,999 4,999 4,999

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maximum numberof results that canbe returned froma full text search

What's the largestURL HTTP willaccept?

1024 (2048 5.0.10 up) 2048 (?) 2048 (?)

What's the largestrich text fieldHTTP will update?

~64k? ~64k? ~64k?

What's themaximum size of variable-lengthstrings in aLotusScript

module?

2 GB (1 GB of characters)per module, or availablememory.

2 GB (1 GB of characters)per module, or availablememory.

2 GB (1 GB of characters)per module, or availablememory.

How manyvariable-lengthstrings can bedefined in

LotusScript?

Limited by available memoryand module definitions. Canbe limited by symbol table to64k of symbol names per

module.

Limited by available memoryand module definitions. Canbe limited by symbol table to64k of symbol names per

module.

Limited by available memoryand module definitions. Canbe limited by symbol table to64k of symbol names per

module.

What's the

maximum size of fixed-lengthstrings inLotusScript?

64k (this is a BASIC

language limitation)

64k (this is a BASIC

language limitation)

64k (this is a BASIC

language limitation)

What's themaximum lengthof a string literalin LotusScript?

32k (16k characters) (this isa BASIC language limitation)

32k (16k characters) (this isa BASIC language limitation)

32k (16k characters) (this isa BASIC language limitation)

What's the

maximum linelength of a linewritten byLotusScript Writestatement?

255 characters 255 characters 255 characters

How manycharacters can be

in path in MkDir,RmDir, or ChDirstatement?

128. This includes the drivespecifier, if any.

128. This includes the drivespecifier, if any.

128. This includes the drivespecifier, if any.

How many itemscan be in a Print,

Write, or Inputstatement?

255 255 255

What's themaximum recLenin Openstatement?

32767 32767 32767

How manysymbols canLotusScripthandle?

64k of text in symbol names 64k of text in symbol names 64k of text in symbol names

How many dataelements can bein a LotusScriptarray?

Determined by memoryavailable for data, and bythe storage size of eachelement of the array, whichvaries with the array datatype. For example, a Longone-dimensional fixed arraydeclared in type scope canhave 16,128 elements. (The

total storage size availablefor fixed-size data in module

Determined by memoryavailable for data, and bythe storage size of eachelement of the array, whichvaries with the array datatype. For example, a Longone-dimensional fixed arraydeclared in type scope canhave 16,128 elements. (The

total storage size availablefor fixed-size data in module

Determined by memoryavailable for data, and by thestorage size of each elementof the array, which varieswith the array data type. Forexample, a Long one-dimensional fixed arraydeclared in type scope canhave 16,128 elements. (The

total storage size availablefor fixed-size data in module

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scope is 64K bytes, and aLong element requires 4bytes for storage.)

scope is 64K bytes, and aLong element requires 4bytes for storage.)

scope is 64K bytes, and aLong element requires 4bytes for storage.)

What's themaximum size of a LotusScriptexecutablemodule's code?

limited by available memory;64k of source without LSSinclude files

limited by available memory;64k of source without LSSinclude files

limited by available memory;64k of source without LSSinclude files

How many outlineentries can anoutline have?

~21,000 entries ~21,000 entries ~21,000 entries

How long can aremote-consolecommand be, andstill display

properly inAdministrator?

77 characters. Somecommands may handlemore; others don't. Thecommand itself is neither

displayed nor logged asmore than 77 characters.

More than 77 characters(documented as "addressed"in K-Base, but no newmaximum value is

documented).

More than 77 characters(documented as "addressed"in K-Base, but no newmaximum value is

documented).

What is themaximum numberof documents that

can be selectedwhen using the'Archive SelectedDocuments'option?

The limit appears to be2047, according to this link.

The limit appears to be 2047,according to this link.