Size of database

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 5/28/09 7:56 PM, "Thomas Flemming" <tf at ttqv.com> wrote:

>>> Another field is of type Blob.
>>> How does the segment-size affects the unused space?
>>> It seems, that the minimum segment-size is 128?
>> 
> I also found the VVarBinary()-class. Can I use this one instead of a
> Blob-Field with better use of diskspace? Is reading same fast?

The smaller disk the faster read :)

Yes you can use VarBinary of course instead of VBLOB, for small objects,
Say < 128 bytes.


ZIP compressions works for BLOBs only.
ZIP may give up to 7 times compressions avg.


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Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

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