Re: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] Business cases - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] Business cases
Date
Msg-id 199801180256.VAA29999@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] Business cases  (darrenk@insightdist.com (Darren King))
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>
> > >   Also, how are people handling tables with lots of rows?  The 8k tuple
> > > size can waste a lot of space.  I need to be able to handle a 2 million
> > > row table, which will eat up 16GB, plus more for indexes.
> >
>
> 16GB?!?  Not unless your tuples are 8k.  The 8k is/was the max _tuple_ size,
> but more than one tuple can be stored per block. :)
>
> Try the formula in the FAQ to get a reasonable estimate for the table's size.
>

The FAQ copy on the web page has it.  The FAQ in the 6.2.1 distribution
does not.

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Bruce Momjian
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