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Quick Tip: Determining Database “Cell” Count

James Knicely, Vertica Field Chief Technologist
July 14, 2021

The Vertica system tables LICENSE_AUDITS and USER_AUDITS include a mysterious column called CELL_COUNT. What exactly is the Cell Count? It's simply a calculation that looks like this: DATABASE CELL_COUNT = (Table_1 Column Count * Table_1 Row Count) + (Table_2 Column Count * Table_2 Row Count) + … + (Table_n Column Count * Table_n Row Count)...

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Vertica Best Practices: Identifying Queries for DBD

Sarah Lemaire, Manager, Vertica Documentation
March 26, 2015

The Vertica Database Designer is a tool that analyzes a logical schema definition, sample queries, and sample data, and creates a physical schema (projections) in the form of a SQL script that you deploy automatically or manually. The result is an optimized database with optimal query performance and data compression.