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skynet
12-18-2002, 08:47 PM
This board has nearly half a million posts. all the way back to the very first post, so I has, how big in disk size are the forums? I am guessing in the 15-20 gig range. Also, how long do you plan on keeping the old posts? I think its kind of neat, but its gotta be huge.
cruelpupet
12-18-2002, 08:54 PM
Originally posted by skynet
This board has nearly half a million posts. all the way back to the very first post, so I has, how big in disk size are the forums? I am guessing in the 15-20 gig range. Also, how long do you plan on keeping the old posts? I think its kind of neat, but its gotta be huge.


15-20gb!!!!!!

hell no

id be shocked if the forums were more then 200mb


you can fit a lot of text in 1mb
skynet
12-18-2002, 09:04 PM
There are about half a million posts on these boards. lets say each post averages 2k (note I said averages)

http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=54931

that post from subject to sig is about 1.5k. mix in the really long posts the really short posts i say 2k is a fair estimate. Dont forget formatting is extra and one smiley isn't one character.

2k * 500,000 (half million posts) * 1meg/1000k * 1gig/1000megs
=
1gig.

Guess I had an extra zero in my original calculation. However, its still alot more than 200 megs.

Yes you can fit alot of text into one meg, but remember this isn't all stored in forums.txt, it it were this site would crawl.

And even further what about PMs and personal info as well as date/time for every post. You would be surprised by how that stuff adds up.
revil
12-19-2002, 12:05 AM
Originally posted by skynet
And even further what about PMs and personal info as well as date/time for every post. You would be surprised by how that stuff adds up.
don't forget about leons hidden porn collection.

Shhhhh ;)
nickel
12-19-2002, 09:47 AM
:eek: THAT BIG?
Burzhui
12-19-2002, 09:51 AM
Originally posted by nickelback
:eek: THAT BIG?


I know baby, but don't be scared :naughty:
DankNstickY
12-19-2002, 12:06 PM
Originally posted by Burzhui



I know baby, but don't be scared :naughty:

lol :heh:

my thoughts exactly
nickel
12-19-2002, 12:38 PM
all talk ;)
Hoser
12-19-2002, 01:15 PM
Wouldn't the physical size be the size (dimensions) of the hard drive?
InfiniteNothing
12-19-2002, 01:31 PM
That's what I was thinking but I couldn't figure out how to say it nicely
OC
12-19-2002, 01:40 PM
Depends on the size of the monitor and the screen resolution... :cool:

-OC
cheapie
12-20-2002, 08:09 AM
it's not how big that matters, it's how they use them
Burzhui
12-20-2002, 10:53 AM
Originally posted by cheapbast@rd
it's not how big that matters, it's how they use them

that's what people with small ones say! :P
Ladogaboy
12-20-2002, 08:41 PM
Originally posted by nickelback
all talk ;)

:stupid:


Originally posted by Burzhui
that's what people with small ones say! :P

:stupid:
skynet
12-20-2002, 08:42 PM
When I said physical size, I ment on the drive(s) in which it is stored.
Cheesypuff
12-20-2002, 08:50 PM
oh...physical...I get it...

Well...I can tell you it's in a 3.5 bay of a computer!!! :) :) :)
joe52985
12-20-2002, 08:56 PM
its not the size of your hard drive, its how much RAM you have :eyebrow:
skynet
12-20-2002, 09:20 PM
Originally posted by Cheesypuff
oh...physical...I get it...

Well...I can tell you it's in a 3.5 bay of a computer!!! :) :) :)

So sure its not 5.25 SCSII???
Burzhui
12-21-2002, 08:52 AM
Originally posted by joe52985
its not the size of your hard drive, its how much RAM you have :eyebrow:



GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!













very funny
:heh: