Max number of files in the DAM

[rbemiller]

I'm looking for some definitive guidelines on the max number of files that are allowed in the DAM.

What I've read so far seems to indicate that there may not be a maximum number overall, but there is a limit per folder.

Is that the case?

This question is specific to AEM 5.6.1

I read somewhere that the max is 300 to 400 files per folder.  That seems pretty low to me.

Anyone have insight on this?

[Lokesh_Shivalingaiah · Accepted solution]

As you mentioned, there is no limit on the max number. However, we can restrict to some arbitrary number considering the performance. [1] is a good read about it

[1] https://cqdump.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/1000-nodes-per-folder-and-oak-orderable-nodes/

[rbemiller]

Not sure how this got marked as solved.  

Anyway, I appreciate the feedback bsloki.  The details you shared seem to be related to AEM 6.x.  I was wondering about AEM 5.6.1.

Does anyone know if the same rules apply to 5.6.1, or are the limits (recommendations) even lower?

Thanks!

[Lokesh_Shivalingaiah]

Actually not, it talks about AEM 5.6.1 itself but it does mention that with Oak in AEM 6.x, you can create much more nodes without any performance hits

[Opkar_Gill]

Hi,

in AEM5.6.1 the recommended limit was 1000 child nodes, see the presentation here[1]. The issue comes when you modify/update a node when that node has many siblings. Having many nodes is ok for static content, not for dynamic content. i.e. content that is frequently modified.

Another thing to consider, how can someone view so many nodes/assets/pages in a single folder, it is a lot of data to go through. If you open the folder/node in CRXDE, having so many child nodes can affect the UI performance as well.

So maybe spend more time on deciding how you can bucket your assets into folders to reduce the number of assets in each folder. It will make it easier to find what you are looking for, as opposed to going through many hundreds/thousand assets. You can use the search facility to get exactly what you want, but sometimes users will browse. In AEM 6.1 you can apply meta data schemas at a folder level [2], so you really want to think carefully about your folder structure, rather than throwing everything into a single folder.

Regards,

Opkar

[1] http://www.connectcon.ch/content/dam/cqcon/Pr%C3%A4sentation_Marcel_Reutegger.pdf

[2] https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-1/administer/content/assets/metadata-schemas.html