| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | avin_friends(at)yahoo(dot)com, postgresql Forums <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: SPACE FOR POSTGRESQL DATABASE |
| Date: | 2008-07-14 20:21:00 |
| Message-ID: | 200807142021.m6EKL0301249@momjian.us |
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Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:18 AM, aravind chandu <avin_friends(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can you please how much space does postgresql database occupies?
>
> A good rule of thumb is that it will take about 1.5 times as much
> space in the db as it does in a flat file. that's just an
> approximation. The actual size of each type etc is defined in the
> other links in this thread.
Folks, we have an FAQ about this:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ.html#item4.5
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