Whats the sweet spot for the count of Photos per Library?

1) How many photos should be there in a Library at max. to have iPhoto perform efficiently?
2) Does the iPhoto Library database performance depend on the size of the photo or the count of photo?
I have a collection of some 7000+ photos of 2.5MB on average.
Should i put all of them in a library or different library?
Also if i have to set up different library i want to have backup of them in a DVD for each library. So, technically my library should not exceed 4.5GB
Now my confusion is:
If i have say 3GB of original photos in the library then technically i'll have around 3-6GB of photos in both Original and Modified folders.
Going through the forum I have found that there are 2 ways of backing up photos:
1) Through "Export" to a Folder and writing the folder the a media.
2) By Copying the Library Folder completely to backup media.
If my assumption is right then,
1) in case of "Export" method, i'll be having a collection of the total number of photos i have. i.e. if i have 3000 photos then the exported folder will contain 3000 photos.
2) in case of "Copying" then i'll be copying the OriginalModified+Datadatabase, and i could restore them as a library when needed.
Please let me know if my assumption is right or wrong.
Thanks,
Sapam
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sapam
1) How many photos should be there in a Library at max. to have iPhoto perform efficiently?
iPhoto is rated to 250,000 pics. After that there is no right answer based on iPhoto. What you need to take into account after that is Hardware. The max for an efficiently perfoming iPhoto will be very different for a Mini with 512MB of RAM and a MacPro with 8 Gigs of RAM. Other factors include the size of the disk and the amount of free space on it.
2) Does the iPhoto Library database performance depend on the size of the photo or the count of photo?
The count of the photos - and then some. The files are stored in the Finder. So a 1 MB file takes the same amount of space in the iPhoto database as a 10MB file. However, what does impact on the size of the library file are things like the number of albums, books, slideshows etc., Smart albums, in particular, can slow down the app launching. So, it's not just the number of photos but the organisation as well.
So, what's your Hardware and what do you mean by efficiently? I have a 15k image library that's some 40gigs in size on my iMac with 2 gigs of RAM. I'm very happy with it's performance.
Going through the forum I have found that there are 2 ways of backing up photos:
1) Through "Export" to a Folder and writing the folder the a media.
2) By Copying the Library Folder completely to backup media.
Close.
Think of it this way:
Want to save the current versions of your pics only? Select the pics in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. Export them to a folder on the desktop. Burn that with the finder. Now you have the up-to-date versions of your pics. pop that disk in any computer and there they are.
Want to save your Library - that is Originals, Modifieds, database files etc?
1. Copy the iPhoto Library Folder to an external HD or burn it to DVD
or
2. Use the Share -> Burn command. This will burn a disc that will mount into another iPhoto, and pics can be dragged to the new iPhoto from it. You can burn your entire library, or break it into albums and burn in groups of albums if your DVD isn't big enough.
Regards
TD
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