Re: size of a database

From: Mark Preston <mark_at_mpreston.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 15:16:15 GMT
Message-ID: <39ad1748.3730479_at_news.demon.co.uk>


There are two different terms related to the size of a database.

  1. Physical size - the number of bytes it takes up on the hardware. For this you need to bit count.
  2. Logical size - for this you are talking about number of tables, number of records per table and number of fields per record.

On 29 Aug 2000 00:35:50 GMT, HanJeong Lee <stststst_at_soback.kornet.nm.kr> wrote:

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> how do you measure the size of a database?
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