# Measuring a user's storage (in the db)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/measuring-a-users-storage-in-the-db/150412>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 8, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/measuring-a-users-storage-in-the-db/150412 "2008-10-08T10:48:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![liseki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@liseki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/liseki)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/measuring-a-users-storage-in-the-db/150412/1 "2008-10-08T10:48:22Z")

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Just a quick question. In a typical rails app, how do you  
go about measuring the amount of storage (in the db) used  
by each user? Say in a typical photo sharing site, how do  
you measure how much space each user is taking up? Thanks.