Xindice is optimized for many small documents rather than a few huge documents, so you should favor your first option.
Mario -----Original Message----- From: Michael Welter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:31 To: xindice-users@xml.apache.org Subject: Noobie Hello, I have a collection of clients to be stored in an Xindice collection. Which is the preferred storage method? Separate files: <client> ... </client> <client> ... </client> <client> ... </client> or one file? <clients> <client> ... </client> <client> ... </client> <client> ... </client> </clients> There are thousands of clients to be stored. Thanks,