Hi Erik,
For testing I created a single database with only 1000 documents (about 800 KB each) and noticed that memory consumption was around 250 MB in the GUI tool as soon as I opened the database.
to get the real memory consumption, please click on the memory indicator in the lower right corner of the GUI. Next, you can deactivate the visualizations to save some additional memory.
I also noticed that it will take around 1 second to open the database which could become a problem because I want to use BaseX as the backend database for a RESTless service where state is not preserved between HTTP requests.
Do you refer to the time that’s required by the GUI, or more low-level calls?
Best, Christian