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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.
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.
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.
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
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