How much data can a database handle?

How much data SQL Server can handle?

SQL Server Standard Edition has an upper limit of 524 Petabytes, but it is not free. If your database reaches the limit of your SQL Server Express version, you will begin to experience errors due to the inability of the database tables to accept new data.

How big can a MySQL database be?

You are using a MyISAM table and the space required for the table exceeds what is permitted by the internal pointer size. MyISAM permits data and index files to grow up to 256TB by default, but this limit can be changed up to the maximum permissible size of 65,536TB (2567 − 1 bytes).

Which database store large amounts of data?

MongoDB is also considered to be the best database for large amounts of text and the best database for large data.

Can a database get too big?

Of course it is not too fast with that much data, but otherwise it works just fine. And to answer the question, too big is so big it does cause problems. And when it starts causing problems depends on the table structure and your performance demands.