Dribka
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@William_Scardua estimating the size of a PySpark DataFrame in bytes can be achieved using the dtypes and storageLevel attributes. First, you can retrieve the data types of the DataFrame using df.dtypes. Then, you can calculate the size of each column based on its data type. Multiply the number of elements in each column by the size of its data type and sum these values across all columns to get an estimate of the DataFrame size in bytes. Additionally, you can check the storage level of the DataFrame using df.storageLevel to understand if it's persisted in memory or on disk, as this can affect the actual storage size. Keep in mind that this is an estimation and the actual memory usage may vary based on factors like compression and optimization. If you need a more precise measurement, consider using the pyspark.sql.functions library to calculate the size of individual columns and the overall DataFrame size.