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If one runs DESCRIBE EXTENDED command on any hive table the result presents totalSize and rawDataSize values near the end of the output.

What do these fields mean?

Ex:

hive > DESCRIBE EXTENDED <TableName>

Output Results:

Table(tableName:TablenameXXXXX, dbName:XXxXXX,
..........       .......................
numRows=116429472, totalSize=3835205544, rawDataSize=35040221600})

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