From r/ObsidianMD 📅 • 📊 11 upvotes • ⭐ 7/10 • 🚀 high
*Analysis generated: Jan 25, 2026*
🔗 Source: View on Reddit
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Summary

A graduate student is concerned about the impact of using Obsidian as a default PDF reader/annotator on their already large, single vault size, and asks if others with huge vaults have experienced slowdowns.

Key Insights

1. Performance concerns regarding large vaults containing many embedded assets (like PDFs).
2. Desire to consolidate all notes and PDFs into a single vault.
3. Need for community data on scaling limits and slowdown thresholds in Obsidian.

Enhancement Suggestions

No enhancement suggestions available

Analysis

This is a common concern for heavy users, especially those integrating large binary files like PDFs into their knowledge base. It probes the limits of Obsidian’s performance under heavy load from attachments.
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*Curated by AI for Paul’s Vault Members*