Capacity

• Maximum number of index entries: limited only by available disk space
• Maximum index record size: 2000 characters
• Maximum depth of heading: 15 levels
• Maximum number of concurrently open indexes: limited only by available memory

The following measurements reflect average performance on a medium sized index and a large one, with CINDEX running on a 2 GHz computer under OS 10.5. Performance depends on the amount of memory available to CINDEX, and under many circumstances will be better than the figures given here.

Medium-sized index (13,000 entries)

• Re-sort index: 24,000 records/sec
• Finding any entry: < 0.25 sec
• Searching for text: 50,000 records/sec
• Verifying cross-references: 50,000 records/sec
• Formatting entries: 10 pages/sec

Large index (90,000 entries)

• Sorting: more than 45,000 records/sec
• Finding any entry: < 0.2 sec
• Searching for text: more than 150,000 records/sec
• Verifying cross-references: more than 90,000 records/sec
• Formatting entries for printing: more than 10 pages/sec