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I reduced the size of a SQL table and its indexes from 300 MB to 70 MB: 1. No timestamps (16 bytes less per row) 2. No ID column (natural primary key, so one less index) 3. CREATE TABLE name (...) WITHOUT ROWID (SQLite only)

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RoRvsWild

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3 Sept

The improvement is significant because I/O operations are smaller and the data is more easily cached by the file system. Of course, not all models are suitable for these tips. The more rows a table has, the more important it is to carefully choose the column types.