Many small bits

Beatnik on 2005-04-27T17:43:46

How to run out of disk space fast? Suppose your database gets a new record every second. Suppose that record is about 5k. Suppose you end up doing this for a few months. Suppose you forget all about it and you wish you bought that terabyte NAS when you had the chance.

This is why pick your superbeing here invented design documents.


One record

phillup on 2005-04-27T18:03:31

... is 5K?

What on earth are you storing?

That is a LOT of data if it is text!

Re:One record

link on 2005-04-27T21:45:17

but not quite so much if it is a pdf with some images