INFO: SourceSafe System Capacities and Specifications

ID: Q123475

The information in this article applies to:

• SourceSafe for MS-DOS, versions 3.0x
• SourceSafe for Windows, versions 3.0x
• SourceSafe for Macintosh, versions 3.0x
• SourceSafe for Windows NT, versions 3.0x
• SourceSafe for UNIX, versions 3.0x

SUMMARY

This article contains information concerning the system capacities of SourceSafe.

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General Specifications & Limits

• Users running SourceSafe concurrently: Unlimited
• Files and projects in a SourceSafe Database: approx. 4 billion
• Files and projects directly in a single project: 8191 (however, for performance reasons, it is recommended there is no more than a few hundred files in one project)
• Bytes in a file: 67 Mb
• Lines in the Windows "View" Command: 64K
• Versions in a file or project history: 32,767 (The count on a project history does not include file Updates in that project)
• Bytes in the Windows history display: 32K
• Files correlated in a project history: 8191

String Lengths

Project Path (for example, $/Word/Spelling): 63 Characters

• Filename: 31 characters (all platforms except MS-DOS and Windows). A short (8.3) name is also stored for compatibility with the FAT file system. All names are case insensitive.
• Username: 15 characters
• Password: 15 characters
• File or project Label: 15 characters
• String to "Scan" for: 63 characters
• Line in the SS.INI file: 255 characters

Keywords          : SourceSafe vbwin 
Version           : 3.0x
Platform          : MACINTOSH MS-DOS NT UNIX WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: May 24, 1997