# Metadata Size

> The degree to which carrying a per-node counter for every node grows the ordering metadata with cluster size.

Record: `lex:metadata-size`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-metadata-size

## category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## referenced-by

- [Vector Clocks](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/vector-clocks.md)