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What is the recommended limit on the number of site collections that are contained within a single content database?
Correct: 5,000 is the recommend limit for the number of site collections in a single content database.
That means you can add a maximum of 48 calculated columns (8 per row * 6 row maximum = 48) to a SharePoint list. Similar row wrapping limitations restrict you to 6 GUID columns per list and 94 Managed Metadata columns per list, though these are poorly documented.
Where to find managed metadata column in SharePoint?
This issue seems to be cropping up a lot at the moment, one possible fix is below. When you set a Managed Metadata Service (MMS) column in SharePoint these values are pushed down to the office document and will be visible on the Document Information Panel (DIP).
If you plan to store more than 60 million items in SharePoint Server 2013, you must deploy multiple content databases. We strongly recommended limiting the number of site collections in a content database to 5,000. However, up to 10,000 site collections in a database are supported.
This limit applies to all types of site collections, including Office 365 group-connected team sites and OneDrive. SharePoint admins can manually set lower storage limits . 5 Firstline workers can’t administer SharePoint site collections. 6 Not including the OneDrive created for each licensed user.
Is there a limit to how many documents you can add to SharePoint?
There is no limit to the number of document libraries you can have on a site. Unique permissions for items in a list or library The allowed limit is 50,000 uniquely permissioned items, but the recommended general limit is 5,000. Making changes to more than 5,000 uniquely permissioned items at a time takes longer.