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The 1-Petabyte Barrier Is Crumbling
CurtMonash writes "I had been a database industry analyst for a decade before I found 1-gigabyte databases to write about. Now it is 15 years later, and the 1-petabyte barrier is crumbling. Specifically, we are about to see data warehouses — running on commercial database management systems — that contain over 1 petabyte of actual user data. For example, Greenplum is slated to have two of them within 60 days. Given how close it was a year ago, Teradata may have crossed the 1-petabyte mark by now too. And by the way, Yahoo already has a petabyte+ database running on a home-grown system. Meanwhile, the 100-terabyte mark is almost old hat. Besides the vendors already mentioned above, others with 100+ terabyte databases deployed include Netezza, DATAllegro, Dataupia, and even SAS."
No porn collection jokes please.
Oh wait, that was petabyte...
I had been a Porn Collector for a decade before I found 1-gigabyte Porn Collections to write about. Now it is 15 years later, and the 1-petabyte barrier is crumbling.
Petabyte DBs are old news to techie porn collectors. They always mix their two favorite subjects into one. Tech + Porn = Petabyte+ Porn Database
I have to find my kid. Last time I saw her, she was with her Uncle Micky while he was having his morning martini.
How many Libraries of Congress are necessary to break the 1-petabyte barrier ??
@neonux
Google Maps' database is far bigger...
A base of 8 tiles, with each becoming four more smaller tiles, in two modes (map/satellite), and 16 zoom levels.
We are sorry, but we don't
have maps at this zoom
level for this region.
Try zooming out for a
broader look.
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... we'll need an army of Chris Hansens and a mountain of beartraps. God help us.
My porn collection has long since achieved infinity.
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
Bill, is that you???
Participatory Governance : The only feasible option for a real democracy, where everyone really does have a say.
The world will only need 5 large databases.
None of them will never need more than 640KB^H^HMB^H^HGBMB^H^HTB of RAM and 32MB^H^HGB^H^HTB^H^HPB of storage.
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
I need measurements I can understand, like how many Keanu Reeves' brains is a petabyte? And could he hold it indefinitely, or would his head explode at some point? If the latter, can we get him started on it now?
Vincent J. Murphy
Spandex Justice
They only needed one petabyte, but the Chinese cut them a deal on 4.