# Max size of a literal in stardog **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [June 15, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/max-size-of-a-literal-in-stardog/402 "2017-06-15T12:21:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Samur\_Araujo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Samur\_Araujo](https://community.stardog.com/u/Samur_Araujo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/max-size-of-a-literal-in-stardog/402/1 "2017-06-15T12:21:49Z")
Hi all, is there any limit in the size (in bytes) of a literal? Or is there a size where stardog starts having bad performance? I notice, Stardog does not handle well triples with objects of 10MB. Best, Samur ---
**Author:** ![pavel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/pavel/32/18_2.png) [@pavel](https://community.stardog.com/u/pavel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/max-size-of-a-literal-in-stardog/402/2 "2017-06-15T12:34:55Z")
8 MB is the limit, it's one of [documented issues](http://www.stardog.com/docs/#_known_issues_2). Cheers, Pavel ---
**Author:** ![zachary.whitley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/zachary.whitley/32/94_2.png) [@zachary.whitley](https://community.stardog.com/u/zachary.whitley)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/max-size-of-a-literal-in-stardog/402/3 "2017-06-15T12:38:46Z")
…after compression which is why you’re able to store 10MB objects. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/stardog/original/2X/e/ed66b48a616f505106a4acde3c9cee7e6da9bc67.svg) [@system](https://community.stardog.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/max-size-of-a-literal-in-stardog/402/4 "2017-06-29T12:39:00Z")
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