Calculating disk requirements for a dictionary

You can calculate the disk requirements for a dictionary that is associated with a compressed, nonsegmented table space, or a compressed, segmented table space.

Procedure

To calculate the disk requirements for a dictionary:

Determine your table space type:
Non-segmented table space

The dictionary contains 4096 entries in most cases. Fixed-length compression dictionaries require additional sixteen 4-KB pages, eight 8-KB pages, four 16-KB pages, or two 32-KB pages. Although it is possible that your dictionary can contain fewer entries, allocate enough space to accommodate a dictionary with 4096 entries.

Segmented table space
For segmented table spaces, additional space might be required based on segment size and page size.

What to do next

Now, determine the virtual storage size that is required for a dictionary.