Maximum individuals on FTM

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Kathryn M Rogers

Maximum individuals on FTM

Legg inn av Kathryn M Rogers » 02 okt 2006 01:45:35

Hello Listers,

Does anyone know what is the maximum no. of individuals you can safely put
on FTM 2005?
Thankyou,

Kathryn Rogers

Paul Blair

Re: Maximum individuals on FTM

Legg inn av Paul Blair » 02 okt 2006 04:18:01

Kathryn M Rogers wrote:
Hello Listers,

Does anyone know what is the maximum no. of individuals you can safely put
on FTM 2005?
Thankyou,

Kathryn Rogers


Their web site says :

Number of individuals per file approximately 250,000 *
Number marriages per individual 99
Number of children per marriage 99
Number of objects per Scrapbook 2,000 †
Number of Family Books per file 31
Number of Book Items (Saved Views) per file 512
Size of each note section FTM 11-2005: about 8 pages
FTM 2006: about 250 pages
Number of items per box on a tree 50
Number of generations allowed in an Outline Descendant Tree 250
Number of generations allowed in graphical trees
(Ancestor, Descendant, Hourglass and All-In-One) 99
Number of generations allowed in genealogy reports 99
Number of generations Pedigree View can display 7

99 marriages! Phew....

Paul

Kerry Raymond

Re: Maximum individuals on FTM

Legg inn av Kerry Raymond » 02 okt 2006 08:11:01

Number of individuals per file approximately 250,000 *

In practice, though, your FTM file will start to get very large and slow to
load/save long before you reach those kinds of limits. The inclusion of
photos really blows the size out quite quickly. A lot of people decide to
not store their photos in FTM when they realise what it does to the size of
their FTM file. Sticking with text data in FTM keeps the size much more
manageable.

For example, I am already experiencing very slow load/saves. According to
FTM 2005, the statistics for our largest database which has no photos and
was just compacted is:

File Size: 77936 KB (or 77 Megabytes or 77 Floppy Disks or 1/9th of a
CD-ROM)
Total number of Individuals: 16670
Total number of Marriages: 5515
Text Records: 1024909 (I think that includes all facts, notes and sources
since there is a 60-to-1 ratio with the number of individuals)

but I have seen that file grow to nearly twice that size over time (hence
the benefits of periodic compaction Tools -> Compact Files).

Of course, the speed of FTM will depend on how good your PC is (how fast is
the processors? how much memory? etc) so one can't generalise about when you
will observe performance beginning to degrade. But it is safe to say that
you will encounter problems long before you hit FTM's limit of a quarter of
a million individuals.

Kerry

Kathryn M Rogers

Re: Maximum individuals on FTM

Legg inn av Kathryn M Rogers » 02 okt 2006 12:41:50

Thankyou to Kerry and Paul. You have not only answered my question but given
me something to decide about with my FTM
Best wishes,
Kathryn Rogers


"Kathryn M Rogers" <kmrogers@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:PiZTg.39738$rP1.31413@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
Hello Listers,

Does anyone know what is the maximum no. of individuals you can safely
put
on FTM 2005?
Thankyou,

Kathryn Rogers


Dora Smith

Re: Maximum individuals on FTM

Legg inn av Dora Smith » 08 okt 2006 23:52:35

PAF manages my 14,800 person database quickly and efficiently. I use
photos, but they are not stored IN PAF. PAF just stores the links to them.
They have their own folder. And PAF has few practical limits of any kind.

PAF Companion, a $9 add-on, can also handle irregular dates, and include all
spouses and children of each ancestor in ancestor reports.

--
Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
tiggernut24@yahoo.com
"Kerry Raymond" <kraymond@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:4520bb82$0$8432$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
Number of individuals per file approximately 250,000 *

In practice, though, your FTM file will start to get very large and slow
to load/save long before you reach those kinds of limits. The inclusion of
photos really blows the size out quite quickly. A lot of people decide to
not store their photos in FTM when they realise what it does to the size
of their FTM file. Sticking with text data in FTM keeps the size much more
manageable.

For example, I am already experiencing very slow load/saves. According to
FTM 2005, the statistics for our largest database which has no photos and
was just compacted is:

File Size: 77936 KB (or 77 Megabytes or 77 Floppy Disks or 1/9th of a
CD-ROM)
Total number of Individuals: 16670
Total number of Marriages: 5515
Text Records: 1024909 (I think that includes all facts, notes and sources
since there is a 60-to-1 ratio with the number of individuals)

but I have seen that file grow to nearly twice that size over time (hence
the benefits of periodic compaction Tools -> Compact Files).

Of course, the speed of FTM will depend on how good your PC is (how fast
is the processors? how much memory? etc) so one can't generalise about
when you will observe performance beginning to degrade. But it is safe to
say that you will encounter problems long before you hit FTM's limit of a
quarter of a million individuals.

Kerry






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