Title: Index size in database
Last modified: August 25, 2026

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# Index size in database

 *  [marvelcreative](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marvelcreative/)
 * (@marvelcreative)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-size-in-database/)
 * I have a site that currently has about 15,000 posts indexed. Relevanssi is using
   about 550MB of my database. I understand that it needs room for it’s index.
   The
   problem is that my host has a hard limit of 1GB MySQL databases. And my site 
   is now at 970MB even after optimisation work.I asked my web host about raising
   our 1GB limit. They will not do that. They only offered an expensive cloud hosting
   option. I was wondering if it could be possible to connect Relevanssi to a different
   MYSQL database just for Relevanssi? I am allowed unlimited 1 GB databases with
   my host. So we could keep all the WordPress stuff on the original db, and use
   a new one for the Relevanssi plugin, giving us enough room to last us another
   few years. I’ve seen your warnings about the amount of storage required to run
   Relevanssi, so this must be an issue for others as well. Does this idea have 
   any milage?

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 *  Plugin Author [Mikko Saari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/)
 * (@msaari)
 * [1 week, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-size-in-database/#post-19002698)
 * I’m sorry, but a site that big and an 1 GB database is simply an impossible combination
   for Relevanssi use.
 * Relevanssi is built heavily leaning on WordPress database infrastructure, and
   thus cannot host the database elsewhere.
 * My main recommendation would be to choose another host that is more generous 
   with the database size. In my experience, there are plenty of good hosting providers
   with no such strict limits for the database size.
 * If you can’t switch hosting and still want a strong search, your best option 
   is to use something that is externally hosted; something like ElasticSearch, 
   Algolia or other hosted search services. With those kinds of search providers,
   your personal database space is not required.
 *  Thread Starter [marvelcreative](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marvelcreative/)
 * (@marvelcreative)
 * [1 week, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-size-in-database/#post-19002825)
 * Thank you, I appreciate the honest and quick response.

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 * Last activity: [1 week, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-size-in-database/#post-19002825)
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