Re: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] Business cases

> 
> > >   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.

-- 
Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us