mySQL: How big is BIG?

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I am considering using mySQL to collect specific data from the web. My first estimates tell me that the database may grow to about 20Gb (that's GIGA). A specific table row could reach 6Mb.

Does anyone know if mySQL is capabale of supporting this size on a iMAC running OSX?
 
I have seen and used MySQL databases with +2 Million rows, +5 Million Tables, over 750Gb total, with tables over 100Gb, and rows over 1Gb.

I will run on your iMac, but depending on how fast your processor is, and how fast you need to do the accesses, that will be the limiting factors.
 
Max table size under Mac OS X is 2 TB, so that shouldn't be a problem. As rbb says, the limiting factor will be the hardware and not the software.

Note the difference between Gb and GB btw: Gb stands for Gigabit, GB for Gigabyte.
 
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