Thread: Is there a limit to the number of books Calibre can handle?
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Old 06-21-2020, 11:04 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by ownedbycats View Post
I figure if my Calibre superlibrary ever gets big enough that it starts lagging, I'll just split it into a few smaller libraries. That'll be a while yet as I've got less than 4000 books in there so far.
Remember: It is not about the size of the books, but the size of the DB entries.
Extra columns, large comments, all make the metadata.db bulky.

Bulky is what can slow down normal activities.

OTOH Large books, slow down conversions and file transfers.
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