Limits
Limits that pertain to the usage of IBM® Cloudant® for IBM Cloud® databases are shown in the following tables.
Databases
Limits for databases
| Description |
Limit |
| Database size |
Consult the IBM Cloudant team if your database is likely to exceed 5 TB in size. |
| Partition size |
10 GB |
Indexes
Limits for indexes
| Description |
Limit |
| Number of global indexes |
Unlimited |
| Number of partition indexes |
10 |
Request payload
Limits for request payload
| Description |
Limit |
| Total request size |
10 MB |
| Document size |
1 MB |
| Attachment size |
10 MB |
Request timeouts
Limits for request timeouts
| Description |
Limit |
| Default |
60 seconds |
_partition/* |
5 seconds |
Query
Limits for query results
| Description |
Limit |
| Default |
Unlimited |
_partition/* default |
2000 |
_search |
200 |
_find by using text index |
200 |