Shrinking SQL logs
Read OriginalThe article details a practical method for shrinking SQL database logs by identifying and extracting repetitive data (IP addresses, User Agents, URIs) into separate relational tables. The author shares a personal case study from a blog analytics system, explaining how replacing long text fields with foreign key pointers reduced total data size by approximately 80%.
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