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