Re: How to estimate disk space requirements? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: How to estimate disk space requirements?
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.30.0104261723580.758-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to How to estimate disk space requirements?  (Bryan Field-Elliot <bryan_lists@netmeme.org>)
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Bryan Field-Elliot writes:

> I have an application for PostgreSQL which may create some pretty huge
> databases. I need some way to estimate how much physical disk space will
> be required. I know the exact record structure and indexing schemes to
> be used, and a rough idea of the number of rows I'll need. Given that,
> how can I determine the physical disk space requirements?

There is some info in the FAQ.  You should estimate roughly five times the
size of the data in flat text.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net   http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter


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