SharePoint List Scalability

Question

I am particularly interested in Document Libraries, but in terms of general SharePoint lists, can anyone answer the following...?

1. What is the maximum number of

Answer 1

SharePoint 2013:

What is the maximum number of items that a SharePoint list can contain? 30.000.000.

What is the maximum number of lists that a single SharePoint server can host? I could not find the answer to this question.

When the number of items in the list approaches the maximum, does filtering slow down, and if so, what can be done to improve it? The maximum of 30.000.000 not a hard boundary, but the limit has been found by testing the product. So a performance penalty is to be expected if this limit is exceeded.

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