I have a database with 500,000 names and a size of 250 MB. The problem I have with a file this size is that it takes over two minutes for the database to be useable once it is is opened. Once opened, it is plenty fast. Jacques -- Jacques L'Heureux, Saint Louis, Missouri Personal website: http://Jacques.happyOnes.com/ Family website: http://www.happyOnes.com/ Genealogy website: http://Genealogy.happyOnes.com/ Franco-American website: http://www.FrancoAmericanConnection.com/ Sent from my Gateway desktop computer On 1/5/2013 1:00 PM, rootsmagic-users-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 09:52:31 -0700 > From: RootsMagic <rootsmagic@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [RMagic] Maximum Size for a RootsMagic -database > To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CA++G+pbWTfRdezpa3NNcVU=Ewf_-4FEyii99+4U2wi_im--mHw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 2TB is the max database size. As for when it might become unstable, I > don't know because nobody has ever come close to the 2TB limit. > > - Bruce > http://www.rootsmagic.com > > > -- > Jacques L'Heureux, Saint Louis, Missouri > > Personal website: http://Jacques.happyOnes.com/ > Family website: http://www.happyOnes.com/ > Genealogy website: http://Genealogy.happyOnes.com/ > Franco-American website: http://www.FrancoAmericanConnection.com/ > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jlheureux > Google +: http://plus.google.com/113368717911839052301/posts > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueslheureux > --