Do event receivers have a file handling limit?

Question

I created an event receiver inheriting from SPItemEventReceiver for document libraries that moves files to specific folders and changes some metadata columns that I've added to them.

I created a separate application to update numerous files in a smaller period of time I noticed performance issues.

Ofcourse I looked into some good code practices while writing event receivers on msdn, but a question remains:

Do event receivers have a file ammount to be safely handled in a certain ammount of time? Is there a way to tell what is the safest ammount of files to handle "once"?

Answer 1

I personally think, there isn't any file handling limit however I believe it depends or effects CPU usage. We have event receivers on document libraries that are used by hundred of clients in a specific amount of time.

So in short, There isn't any "Known" limit however if a large number of events occur but your CPU/RAM isn't capable of handling processes then your SharePoint will most likely crash.

I never done it myself but you can use Visual Studio to test performance of your SharePoint portal or possibly event receivers.

Testing Performance and Stress Using Visual Studio Web Performance and Load Tests