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From: Lee Hoffman/KY <<A HREF="mailto:"></A>>
Subject: Re: TMG-L: Size of files in TMG ?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 00:34:53 -0400


Rebeckah Wiseman wrote:
>Just got my copy of TMG installed and imported a Legacy GedCom file with
>about 400 individuals. I created a 'test' directory for the dataset. Out
>of curiosity I checked the amount of space consumed and was amazed...TMG
>created about 45 different files that are taking up 12.5mb of my hard
>drive.
>
>Is this normal? The files for the same dataset in Legacy only take up a
>little over 1mb. All of my data seems to have converted just fine,
>including notes. Am a bit concerned regarding the number of files and the
>size of those files.

It could be okay, but I suspect something isn't right. I suggest that you
look at the dataset information (File=>Information from the menu) and
review the various items shown there. One that you might look at is the
Exhibits item. Exhibits (particularly image exhibits) are well-known for
taking a lot of space. I have one dataset with over 29,000 persons that
takes up about 31 MB of storage. I also have a dataset with 1870 persons
that takes up about 5.5MB of storage (including a single Exhibit requiring
about 2.5MB of storage -- thus without the Exhibit, the dataset would be
about 3MB in size.

You might try File=>Maintenance=>Optimize from the menu which will
eliminate data that may have been imported and is now marked as deleted.

You might also check if all TMG modules are up to date by running
Help=>Version Checker from the menu. All Administrative files should show
as current.

Hope this helps -


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