My webhost charges a lot for mysql quota

[master786]

Dear vbulletin Team and members !

I am facing some serious financial problems these days and want to keep my web hosting budget in limit. My forum (6 months old) has only 2400 members with average 300 posts/day but my Mysql quota used is 177 mb. My web host is charging a lot for this amount of Mysql space. Due to lack of technical knowledge, I am unable to reduce the quota used on my forum. Can anyone answer my silly and simple questions.

1) What is stored in Mysql database?
2) Can I configure Mysql databse in the way that it does not take much space on my server.

I will appreciate if someone guide me on right path.

[poolking]

Why is your host charging for MySQL space?

[Boofo]

The first thing to do if you haven't already done it already and you are running 3.0 of vBulletin, is move your attachments from the db to a directory as files. The same with your avatars.

[master786]

Can you please tell me step by step how do we move attachments from database to directory. Is it going to take a long time or is it a quick action. Also, is it risk free?

I am using vbulletin 3 beta 4

[Zachery]

whoa, upgrade to RC imdedtly, also what are you currently paying and getting?

most decent hosts include your DB usage in your diskspace :/

[poolking]

whoa, upgrade to RC imdedtly, also what are you currently paying and getting?

most decent hosts include your DB usage in your diskspace :/
Yeah, hence my earlier post. :D