What is the max # of issues my users can create in JIRA Server - Jira Software 8.8.1

[Denise Cossa]

One of my users is worried about having more than 10K issues - is there a max number of issues that can be created per project? I don't think there is but they want a definitive answer.  Does having a 5 digit issue code impact performance or reports?  Thank you.

[Datta Borude · Accepted solution]

Hi Denise,

Greetings for the day!

There is no limit to create issues in a project or instance.

There are multiple factors that may affect Jira's performance in your organization.  These factors fall into the following categories (in no particular order):

• Data size
  • The number of issues, comments, and attachments.
  • The number of projects.
  • The number of Jira project attributes, such as custom fields, issue types, and schemes.
  • The number of users registered in Jira and groups.
  • The number of boards, and the number of issues on the board (when you're using Jira Software).
• Usage patterns
  
  • The number of users concurrently using Jira.
  • The number of concurrent operations.
  • The volume of email notifications.
• Configuration
  • The number of plugins (some of which may have their own memory requirements).
  • The number of workflow step executions (such as Transitions and Post Functions).
  • The number of jobs and scheduled services.
• Deployment environment
  
  • Jira version used.
  • The server Jira runs on.
  • The database used and connectivity to the database.
  • The operating system, including its file system.
  • JVM configuration.

Please refer below link to know more about this.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/performance-and-scale-testing-965568707.html

Thank you,

Datta Borude

[Denise Cossa]

Thank you so much!

[Daniel Vergetti]

does this applies even to the free version of jira software? i mean by the max number of issues/cards?

[Datta Borude]

Yes. 

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

A high number itself, no.  The number is limited by the database, but to extremely lrge numbers. 

I've seen a 95% functional Jira project with over a million issues in it.  The failing 5% were reports attempting to read too many issues at once.