Index: tool/spaceanal.tcl ================================================================== --- tool/spaceanal.tcl +++ tool/spaceanal.tcl @@ -764,16 +764,17 @@ at the right is the bytes of payload divided by the bytes of storage consumed. Bytes of metadata - The amount of formatting and structural information stored on for the + The amount of formatting and structural information stored in the table or index. Metadata includes the btree page header, the cell pointer array, the size field for each cell, the left child pointer or non-leaf cells, the overflow pointers for overflow cells, and the rowid value for - rowid table cells. In other words, metadata is everything that is not - unused space and that is not content. + rowid table cells. In other words, metadata is everything that is neither + unused space nor content. The record header in the payload is counted as + content, not metadata. Average payload per entry The average amount of payload on each entry. This is just the bytes of payload divided by the number of entries.