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Search Limits and Performance

Because of performance issues, a user can only submit one full search at a time. Even if the user submits another full search from another machine, the previous search will be cancelled. For quickest results, use as few search parameters as possible, avoid wildcards (*, %, ?, _) and display as few fields as possible.

Node Full Search Limits

These parameters are known to be out-of-date. Current limits are much bigger.

The maximum number of Node records that will be returned is limited, depending on the number of fields to be displayed. Displaying any interface information such as IP address will also cause an additional display field called "Interface #". This additional field counts as a display field in the search limit table below.

# of Display Fields Max # of Node Records
< 7 7500
7-12 3000
13-15 1000
> 15 500

Gotchas and Oddities

  • Currently cannot search for IP Address Name or Interface Address Name.
  • Cannot sort Node search results by IP address. Search using Quicksearch by IP address to get a list sorted by IP address.
  • If the user is using an old machine with limited memory (<32MB), large search results can cause the browser to crash. To lower the probability of this, select "Plain" display at the top of the Search form.
 
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