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Estimate Database Size

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GhantaBro
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Posted - 2010-02-18 : 10:41:50

I have calculated the sizes of all the source data files (flat files)... is there a way to roughly estimate the database size if we know the flat file size that will be loaded in tables created in that db???? Rough estimation is enough for this project...

tkizer
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Posted - 2010-02-18 : 14:45:06

No. You'd have to calculate it based upon max/avg row size according to the data types and then also account for indexes.

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X002548
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Posted - 2010-02-18 : 15:45:34

how many file, and what's their sizes?

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