Maximum number of Sharepoint Groups per Site Collection

I would love to know if there is a hard limit on the number of Sharepoint Groups per site collection. I know about the 2000 view item limit, but what about total groups?

I have a situation where a team site will have document libraries for multiple locations, in my case over 500 locations each with their own document library. Each library needs to be secured separately so that the location can only see their own info. We have AD groups for each location which we have added to Sharepoint Groups with permissions (per best practices recommendations), but what happens when we have several team sites and each one needs these location libraries?

We currently have all team sites in a separate (collaboration) site collection so we can share info across sites if needed. We have to break permission inheritence on each library to handle the individual security needs. We also want our locations to go to their 'My Teams' page which shows all subsites that they have access to. Future plans are to create separate (publishing site collection) sites for each location, where corporate groups can post specific info to the location site.


I would appreciate any advice (if anyone is reading). :)

KinderCamp here we come!!

Well, my son turned 5 in March and today is his first day in KinderCamp....woohooo! This is a transitional program to help him get prepared for Kindergarten. He has been in daycare since he was 2 when I decided to return to work. He already knows his alphabet; he can count to 100 (no, really he can) and he can write his name. I'm so proud of him, but it is so hard watching him get older. I just wish he could stay little as I'm sure most mothers do. He loves learning new things and playing with other kids so I know he will have a BLAST!

I hate to think of anyone spending more hours in a day with my son than me, but that is the daily struggle of trying to manage work and family.

They can't stay little forever. :)