Re: [HACKERS] database size
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: darrenk@insightdist.com (Darren King)
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-01-07T19:26:49Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> A little more accurate by including the tuple rounding before storage. For > me the above would still be true if there is one or two int4s since the four > bytes I would save would be taken back by the double-word tuple alignment. > > With the current src tree...again, all with aix alignment... > > 40 bytes + each row header > 8 bytes + two int fields @ 4 bytes each > --------- = > 48 bytes per tuple (round up to next highest mulitple of 8) > 4 bytes + pointer on page to tuple > --------- = > 52 bytes per tuple > Thanks. Updated FAQ. -- Bruce Momjian maillist@candle.pha.pa.us