Bloom Filter Calculator

Bloom filters are space-efficient probablistic data structures used to test whether an element is a member of a set.

They're surprisingly simple: take an array of m bits, and for up to n different elements, either test or set k bits using positions chosen using hash functions. If all bits are set, the element probably already exists, with a false positive rate of p; if any of the bits are not set, the element certainly does not exist.

Bloom filters find a wide range of uses, including tracking which articles you've read, speeding up Bitcoin clients, detecting malicious web sites, and improving the performance of caches.

This page will help you choose an optimal size for your filter, or explore how the different parameters interact.

n: Number of items in the filter (optionally with SI units: k, M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y)
p: Probability of false positives, fraction between 0 and 1 or a number indicating 1-in-p
m: Number of bits in the filter (or a size with KB, KiB, MB, Mb, GiB, etc)
k: Number of hash functions

n = 600,000,000
p = 0.000344733 (1 in 2,901)
m = 16,384,000,000 (1.91GiB)
k = 4


							n = ceil(m / (-k / log(1 - exp(log(p) / k))))

							p = pow(1 - exp(-k / (m / n)), k)

							m = ceil((n  * log(p)) / log(1 / pow(2, log(2))));

							k = round((m / n) * log(2));