Title: Disk space requirement
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Disk space requirement

 *  [katesgasis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katesgasis/)
 * (@katesgasis)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disk-space-requirement/)
 * How fast can WP DB grow if there will be 20 posts daily? I wonder if it is viable
   to use WP for a news site.

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disk-space-requirement/#post-200146)
 * How large are the posts ?
    I have 1230 Posts, 3163 Comments and the db size is
   ~3.5meg for just those elements. I have known a db of 59meg and the site worked
   just fine.
 *  Thread Starter [katesgasis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katesgasis/)
 * (@katesgasis)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disk-space-requirement/#post-200147)
 * Thanks podz, I can now calculate the disk space req.

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 * Last reply from: [katesgasis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katesgasis/)
 * Last activity: [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disk-space-requirement/#post-200147)
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