An alternative way to find documents or items in a large library or list is to use the list or library's Search box to enter a keyword or phrase. Libraries have technical limitations (the infamous 5,000 view item limit), and while official specifications tell us you can store up to 30 million items in a document library, you are probably smoking weed if you think you can get away with a single document library for your company. On the Customize page, in the Permissions and Management column, click Permissions for this document library or Permissions for this list. Reply | Quote All replies text/html 3/24/2017 8:21:28 AM Vasil L. Michev 1. SharePoint has a 5,000 “item limit threshold” for document libraries and lists, and while this threshold doesn’t mean what you think it might mean—SharePoint doesn’t cap your library at 5,000 documents, in other words—it can still pose a challenge to organizations that need to manage scores of documents. This entry was posted in Articles , Blog and tagged Branding / UX , Document Management , Office 365 , Records Management , SharePoint by Admin .
I am not saying you should be afraid of 5,000 item limit either. To prepare for this I have been attempting to create views, which will break these items down into manageable chunks.
Please take a look at this table List and Library limits - it specify all limits. So, accordingly you won't be able to upload 1 TB of data in one document library. Additionally, the same performance issues can occur if you have 300,000 items or more across all libraries you are syncing, even if you are not syncing all items in those libraries. But you could follow the article below to avoid it: Manage large lists and libraries in SharePoint .
According to this article, 1 TB is the maximum storage size of a site collection in SharePoint Online. SharePoint Search has its own indexing mechanisms, and it is not subject to the List View Threshold or other related limits. As the Official Document has mentioned, the files you could store up to 30 million items in a Library. For large lists, design to have as few unique permissions as possible. Document libraries are a fundamental aspect of pretty much any use of SharePoint. Making changes to more than 5,000 uniquely permissioned items at a time takes longer. An alternative way to find documents or items in a large library or list is to use the list or library's Search box to enter a keyword or phrase. So even if you don’t think you’re using them, you … Separately from the overall sync limit, there are limits to the number of items that can be synced for each library type: You can sync up to 20,000 items in a OneDrive library.