First-time import of 50G -- a good idea?

Hi folks, I'm be grateful for any "best practice" suggestions about setting up a large database of photos for the first time.
I just moved all my photos to a external raid drive and upgraded to Lightroom CC. My plan is to create one big catalog and filter it by date (at least to start with) while I build collections as I need them. Can anyone see any problems with this approach, or recommend a better way?
Many thanks,
Patrick

Thanks elie-d, another excellent point. I have several LR 3 catalogs that are focused on a specific subset of images, and have upgraded a few of them. However this is the first time I've had all my images in one place, which is why I was looking for a new approach.
Cheers,
Patrick

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Have a look at this: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/getting-started-with-adobe-photoshop-lightroom-5/lightroom-5-imp orting-your-images/

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> That's what I thought. So, what's the big deal about
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>
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media is
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along with this feature...
>

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