Specify the Size Limit for a Collection

You specify a size limit for a collection by selecting a pre-defined size limit type or defining a custom limit. You specify size limits to optimize the content processing process and index size for a collection based on the documents it contains and your organizations requirements.

Size Limits for a Collection

Size Limit	Collection Contents
Regular	Small and medium-sized documents, most of which require complete indexing. Content processing: Indexes only the first 100KB of each document Does not index documents larger than 5MB. This is the default collection size limit.
Archive	Small and medium-sized documents that can be returned as answers based on content that occurs near the beginning of the document, and therefore do not require complete indexing. Content processing: Indexes only the first 2KB of each document Does not index documents larger than 2MB For Archive collections, content processing indexes only the important sections of documents, thereby enabling faster content processing and reduced memory use.
Manuals	Small, medium and large documents that require indexing of virtually all pages. Content processing: Indexes only the first 500KB of each document Does not index documents larger than 5MB For Manuals collections, content processing indexes entire documents (up to 500KB), thereby enabling more complete and detailed search results based on the entire document contents. This setting requires greater content processing resources, resulting in increased content processing time and greater memory use.
Custom	Documents of any size for which the pre-defined size types do not meet collection requirements. You can specify limits on: The amount of each document’s content that is indexed, using the Trim Index After field. The maximum size of documents to be indexed, using the Skip Documents Larger Than field. Note: You can leave these fields empty to specify no limit. You can specify values in KB, MB, and GB.