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Globus Search Limits

Table 1. Time Limits
Value Limit Description

HTTP Request Lifetime

60 seconds

The maximum amount of time for an HTTP request before it is aborted

Query Lifetime

30 seconds

The maximum amount of time spent on a query operation before it is aborted and the service returns a 504 Error

Table 2. Data Size Limits
Value Limit Description

HTTP Request Size

50MB

The maximum size of an HTTP request payload sent to Globus Search

Entry Size

10MB

The maximum size of an Entry document (after expansion)

Field Length

32KB

The maximum size of any field in an Entry document

visible_to Length

100

The maximum size of a visible_to list for an Entry

Table 3. Index Limits
Value Limit Description

Fields Per Index

1000

The maximum number of distinct fields in a Globus Search Index

Nested Field Depth

20

The maximum number of levels in a structure stored in a Globus Search Index

Entries per Subject

10

The maximum number of Entries which can be stored in a single Subject

Table 4. Query Limits
Value Limit Description

Max Query String Length

256

The maximum length of the q parameter

Max Facets

32

The maximum number of facets on a query

Max Filters

32

The maximum number of filters on a query

Max Sorts

8

The maximum number of sort clauses on a query

Max Boosts

16

The maximum number of field boosts on a query

Max Filter Principal Sets

5

The maximum number of values in a filter_principal_sets parameter

Globus SearchOverviewAPI Usage & BasicsIngestQueryTypes, Type Detection, and SchemasError Handling
API Reference
Create or Update EntryDelete by QueryDelete by SubjectDelete EntryGet EntryGET QueryGet SubjectGet TaskIngestPOST QueryQuery Template APIsScroll QueryShow IndexTask List
Guides
Role Based Filtering
Globus Search LimitsAPI Change History
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