title: How big is too big for a MySQL table?
body: <p>I was finally convinced to put my smaller tables into one large one, but exactly how big is too big for a MySQL table? </p>
  
  <p>I have a table with 18 fields. Some are <code>TEXT</code>, some are short <code>VARCHAR(16)</code>, others longer <code>VARCHAR(100)</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Right now we get about 200,000 rows a day, which would be 6 million+ a month. How big is too big? Does it matter how many fields you have, or just rows?</p>