Michelle, Saturday, October 26, 2002, 6:59:28 PM, you wrote: MdB> I am trying a "worst-case-scenario" of my databse. MdB> I have, so far, come up with some numbers to do the MdB> calculations with and perhaps a way of splitting one MdB> big table into smaller, yet structured, tables.
MdB> (These questions are not limited by hardware, because MdB> if the need for speed is there, the revenues are too.) MdB> The numbers are: MdB> Thought-up number entries in one table: MdB> 100 000 000 000 (100 billion) MdB> Number of tables: MdB> 10 000 MdB> (I could perhaps limit the number of entries to a MdB> maximum of 9 000 000, but I need to have a hell of a MdB> lot of tables.) MdB> So here are the questions regarding MySQL: MdB> 1) How many tables can one database have? MdB> (The absolute maximum) Depends on file system: how many files can be stored in the directory. MdB> 2) How many entries can one single table have? MdB> (The absolute maximum) There are no limits on number of rows. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
