And always remember: at the end of all of these calculations you're going to
hold your thumb up in front of your face and say, hmmmm, 20 GB sounds about
right.

I've run the equation with real numbers and got huge databases.  Sizes I
knew that were too large.  I'm a pretty strong advocate for taking a good
first guess and growing if necessary.

Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs, CO 80949
lipp AT storsol DOT com or kelly.lipp AT storserver DOT com
www.storsol.com or www.storserver.com
(719)531-5926
Fax: (240)539-7175