Database sizing

  • I know how to estimate the size of a table (number of bytes stored per row X number of estimated rows) so can estimate the size of a database.

    Possibly naive question - how do do you perform as similar estimate when BLOBs (stored in table - not linked) are involved?

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  • Only way I'd know is to estimate your average BLOB size.

    Or for safety, find the maximum likely size and use that.

    (Sorry if they're obvious suggestions).

  • Hi Gaz,

    Thanks for that - I was going to work on max size X number of entries anyway - unless anyone came up with anything more scientific.

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