Catalog size sanity check.

[Hesmith1029]

Photo Supreme is currently report about 130,000 images. Half or more have version sets of 2-4 items and some a whole lot more. (Versioning was ON during my import phase). Estimate 250,000 - 300,000 total image files. All kinds of file formats JPG, TIF, PSD, RAW, RW2,RAF,PNG,NRW,MTS,HEIC, and more. Most of the images are averaging about 15 keywords. (Yes it is a mess).

My catalog is currently over 17.5 GB after compacting and will grow to over 19 GB. The thumbs database is a little over 48 GB.

I notice that removing items from the Catalog will send the -WAL file well over 1GB. I routinely see 1GB to 2GB and sometimes over 3 GB. These clear up as expected upon shutdown.

Is there anything that looks out of line here?

Thanks

[fbungarz]

Photo Supreme databases are huge and with they newer versions of the program have even grown substantially. My catalog database is almost 30GB, the thumbnail database almost 35 GB, 140,000+ images (comparable to yours). Almost all my files are versioned, I am using a huge amount of keywords mapped to metadata fields, which might explain why my catalog database is still substantially larger than yours. For the thumbnails, I am still using a relatively low preview quality of 1280 pixels at 85% quality. That might account for a smaller thumbnail catalog then yours.
I haven't really monitored what happens to the temporary files in the background when using the database, so I cannot say if 1 to 2 or even 3 GB is normal. I have PSU write metadata to the files immediately (auto-sync in preferences). It usually works well, but sometimes I need to monitor the sync process and when re-arranging labels with a huge amount of images, it is better to turn auto-sync off and sync manually when your done. But I honestly don't even know if the syncing possibly affects the size of these temporary files.

[Hesmith1029]

Thanks for the info. It helps me rest easier