From sidsv at mail.ru  Fri Jan  6 06:40:08 2012
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Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:40:08 +0400
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Hello guys!

We have a big home library about 3000 books. Does Alexandria have any limits on the number of books that can be added to collection?

Best regards,
???? Svyatoslav.





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From cathal.alexandria at gnostai.org  Fri Jan  6 15:36:06 2012
From: cathal.alexandria at gnostai.org (Cathal Mc Ginley)
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 20:36:06 +0000
Subject: [Alexandria-list] The number of books in collection
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On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:40:08 +0400
??????? ????????? <sidsv at mail.ru> wrote:

> Hello guys!
> 
> We have a big home library about 3000 books. Does Alexandria have any
> limits on the number of books that can be added to collection?

There are no "hard" limits. But the performance is NOT good on
collections larger than a few hundred books.

One way around this is to make several smaller "Libraries" (maybe
subdivided according to location, or subject) with one or two hundred
books in each.

But in all honesty, I cannot recommend Alexandria for a library of this
size. It's just not stable enough, and it's much too slow for large
collections. Perhaps you can try the alternative programs GCStar or
Tellico.

I am (once again) working on a new program (Palatina) which should
overcome these shortcomings, but it will be many months before it is
useful for ordinary users. I would like to be able to test Palatina on
libraries of several thousand books when it's ready - may I contact you
then to try it?

Hope this helps,

   -   Cathal.

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