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How to Size an Encyclopedia

This section explains the encyclopedia size and how to estimate larger encyclopedia sizes.

CA Gen defines two Encyclopedia sizes:

• A small Encyclopedia is 350 cylinders (3390).
• A medium Encyclopedia is 1400 cylinders (3390).

All tables or indexes are the same in the small and medium encyclopedias except for the following:

These tables and indexes are seven times larger in the medium Encyclopedia than in the small Encyclopedia. This section explains how to resize the tables to fit your requirements when you need a larger encyclopedia.

Note: Large encyclopedias can be as large as 10,000 cylinders or more.