Mike Taghizadeh's Blog : Guidelineshttp://blogs.msdn.com/miketag/archive/tags/Guidelines/default.aspxTags: Guidelinesen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)Recommended Guidelines for Search Boundarieshttp://blogs.msdn.com/miketag/archive/2007/06/25/recommended-guidelines-for-search-boundaries.aspxMon, 25 Jun 2007 21:08:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3524579miketag3http://blogs.msdn.com/miketag/comments/3524579.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/miketag/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3524579<P><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Hi all,</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I have been asked a lot for guidelines around some of the boundaries for MOSS Search. Here is a quick table that does a good job on this:</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext"></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</P> <TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 1pt solid" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=760 border=1 class="MsoNormalTable"> <THEAD> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" align=middle> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: black">Search object</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" align=middle> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: black">Guidelines for acceptable performance </SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" align=middle> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: black">Notes</SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR></THEAD> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Search indexes</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">One per SSP</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Maximum of 20 per farm</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">MOSS supports one content index per SSP. Given that we recommend a maximum of 20 SSPs per farm, a maximum of 20 content indexes is supported. </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Note that an SSP can be associated with only one index server and one content index. However, an index server can be associated with multiple SSPs and have a content index for each SSP.</SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Indexed documents </SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">50,000,000 per content index</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">MOSS supports 50 million documents per index server. </SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Content sources </SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">500 per SSP</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">This is a hard limit enforced by the system. </SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Start Addresses </SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">500 per content source</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">This is a hard limit enforced by the system.</SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Alerts </SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">1,000,000 per SSP</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">This is the tested limit.</SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Scopes </SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">200 per site</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">This is a recommended limit per site. We recommend a maximum of 100 scope rules per scope. </SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Display groups </SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">25 per site</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">These are used for a grouped display of scopes through the user interface. </SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Crawl rules </SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">10,000 per SSP</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">We recommend a maximum 10,000 crawl rules irrespective of type.</SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Keywords</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">15,000 per site</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">We recommend a maximum of 10 Best Bets and five synonyms per keyword.</SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Crawled properties </SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">500,000 per SSP</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">These are properties that are discovered during a crawl.</SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Managed properties </SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">100,000 per SSP</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">These are properties used by the search system in queries. Crawled properties are mapped to managed properties. We recommend a maximum of 100 mappings per managed property.</SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Authoritative pages</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">200 per relevance level</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">This is the maximum number of sites in each of the four relevance levels.</SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Results removal</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">100 </SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; BACKGROUND: #e9e9e6; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">This is the maximum recommended number of URLs that should be removed from the system in one operation.</SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Crawl logs</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">50,000,000</SPAN></FONT></P></TD> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #cccccc; PADDING-TOP: 3.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" vAlign=top> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext">Number of individual log entries in the crawl log.</SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext"><BR>For more information, see the "Plan for Software Boundaries" at: <A href="http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/6a13cd9f-4b44-40d6-85aa-c70a8e5c34fe1033.mspx?mfr=true" mce_href="http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/6a13cd9f-4b44-40d6-85aa-c70a8e5c34fe1033.mspx?mfr=true">http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/6a13cd9f-4b44-40d6-85aa-c70a8e5c34fe1033.mspx?mfr=true</A> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Hope that helps<BR>Mike</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal mce_keep="true">&nbsp;</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3524579" width="1" height="1">MOSSSearchGuidelines