Appendix 3: Data conversion formats and storage requirements
|
Platform |
Dataset Description (Sept. 1993 Roper Report) |
Storage Requirements (bytes) |
Percentage of Original |
|
All platforms |
Original (column-binary) |
2858400 |
|
|
IBM PC datasets |
SAS dataset (full set of variables) |
19464984 |
681 |
|
SAS XPORT dataset (full set of variables) |
19144720 |
670 |
|
|
SAS dataset with 4 byte integers (full set of variables) |
9978112 |
349 |
|
|
SAS dataset with 3 byte integers (full set of variables) |
7528192 |
263 |
|
|
SAS dataset (partial set of variables) |
8879360 |
311 |
|
|
SAS XPORT dataset (partial set of variables) |
8843760 |
309 |
|
|
SAS dataset with 4 byte integers (partial set of variables) |
4571392 |
160 |
|
|
SAS dataset with 3 byte integers (partial set of variables) |
3471616 |
121 |
|
|
Mainframe datasets |
SAS dataset (full set of variables) |
23347200 |
817 |
|
SAS XPORT dataset (full set of variables) |
19144720 |
670 |
|
|
SAS dataset (partial set of variables) |
11059200 |
387 |
|
|
SAS XPORT dataset (partial set of variables) |
8843760 |
309 |
