On multiple catalogs

I've been using only one catalog for all my lightroom work, but now that i've passed de 30,000 pics on it, it became slow and unmanagable so i'm thinking about creating multiple catalogs
Is this the correct move?
how do i migrate some pics from my main catalog to a new one?
do i have to back-up each catalog individually or i can do it all together?
thanx for your help!
Ette

If you catalog is sluggish try optimising it. 30,000files is not a large catalog and shouldn't impact on speed. LR is best used as a single catalog unless you have a particular desire for multiply catalogs. They will need to be backed up individually. To migrate files with the LR changes intact you can select the files you require and export as a new catalog, then delete those files from the original catalog. It would be useful to set LR to write all changes to file before you do this. It is best not to have the same file in more than one catalog although perfectly possible,

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