Re: Data Modelling

From: Eric Hansen <erichansen_at_mindspring.com>
Date: 1997/02/17
Message-ID: <3308cfb6.630775@news.mindspring.com>#1/1

hfs1+@pitt.edu wrote:

>I just became a certified Oracle DBA in order to design the database for
>a new research grant. The course was a tremendous experience, however I
>am still in the dark regarding a few key issues.
>The main issue is data modelling. Can anyone tell me how much disk space
>I will need for a database which wil house 27,000,000 variables? The
>majority will be numeric with about 1/3 string.

That isn't much to go by. How big are the variables? How big are the strings? How many rows and columns are you looking at? Received on Mon Feb 17 1997 - 00:00:00 CST