How much data can SQLite can handle?

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An SQLite database is limited in size to 281 terabytes (248 bytes, 256 tibibytes). And even if it could handle larger databases, SQLite stores the entire database in a single disk file and many filesystems limit the maximum size of files to something less than this.

Can SQLite handle millions of records?

A million records is no problem. Implementation Limits For SQLite says: The theoretical maximum number of rows in a table is 2^64 (18446744073709551616 or about 1.8e+19). This limit is unreachable since the maximum database size of 140 terabytes will be reached first.

Is SQLite good for large data?

It works well with dataset larger than memory, it was originally created when memory was thin and it was a very important point from the start. There is absolutely no issue with storing 100 GB of data.

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A million records is no problem. Implementation Limits For SQLite says: The theoretical maximum number of rows in a table is 2^64 (18446744073709551616 or about 1.8e+19). This limit is unreachable since the maximum database size of 140 terabytes will be reached first.

Expert · Answer

It works well with dataset larger than memory, it was originally created when memory was thin and it was a very important point from the start. There is absolutely no issue with storing 100 GB of data.

How much data can SQLite can handle?

Can SQLite handle millions of records?

Is SQLite good for large data?

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