Hello all,

I have some questions relating database sizing:

1. What is the storage consumption of  a primary key?

2. What is the storage consumption of indexes?
- index on an INTEGER column
-index on a VARCHAR column
- index on a composite unique key (e.g. VARCHAR + INTEGER or INTEGER + INTEGER)

3. If I know (approx.) the size of the changes on the data devspace is there 
estimation formula to get the (approx) size of the log devspace? Which database 
parameter is to be set to define the backup cycle of the log?

4.  How does the increase of the system devspace depend (approx.) on the increase of 
the data devspace? If I know (approx.) the maximum size of the data devspace is there 
estimation formula to get the (approx) maximum size of the system devspace?

5. The documentation says it is recommendable to split the whole log area in several 
log devspaces. Is there estimation formula to find out how many log devspaces one 
should setup? Is this rule (split the whole data area into several devspaces) also 
valid
for the data area?

6. Is it recommendable to use raw devices (on an UNIX machine) also for log or system 
devspaces?


Thanks in advance!
Frank Schimmelpfennig

PHILIPS Semiconductors Hamburg
ATO-PICTOH  IT&DataSupport
Tel.: +49 40 5613 -1835, Fax: -3020


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