Seems like a math direct proportion question from primary school :) Anyway, is the 6.3GB ONLY the database data students and users? Or does it contain the operating system and supporting software (apache python, mysql binaries etc). To estimate space, I normally let the product run for several months and check daily/monthly usage. You might find that in April/August (school holidays) the data doesn't expand that much. If your DB is structured correctly, space usage should be inversely exponential for a selected client base (master tables) from what I've seen of transactional systems (telecoms and banks) If I were you, I'd watch for some time,graph then estimate Centi zangu mbili ᐧ On 14 August 2015 at 09:20, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Dear members, I am trying to estimate the projected hard disk space usage by a web app; assuming the said web app is a school software;
*If 60 students and 40 users are using 6.3 GB of hard disk space, how many GBs will 100 students and 90 users use?*
Or is there a better way to estimate growth?
I am particularly at pains because students and users do not produce the same amount of data, therefore, I cant do 60+40 and use that. On the other hand, if I calculate for students kando and users kando, somehow that feels wrong because they will both use the same, well, hard disk...
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