Marcus G. Daniels wrote: > Hmm, maybe there's a market for scientific data appliances (no not file > servers!) say running some microkernel/exokernel that take remote > procedure calls over Infiniband or such? Calls conceptually like SQL, > but intended to be way way faster...
Interestingly, the control system world has had the need you speak of for some time. They use "historians" which accept and catalog large volumes of data in literal real-time, calculate derived data and store them, and provide access in real-time for control algorithms. The market-leading example is Pi from OSISoft <http://www.osisoft.com/>. They have some installations with millions of points (data sources) that update on about a 3 second interval. I'm not sure how that compares with SQL based products, but they claim their product is faster. -- Ray Parks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consilient Heuristician Voice:505-844-4024 ATA Department Mobile:505-238-9359 http://www.sandia.gov/scada Fax:505-844-9641 http://www.sandia.gov/idart Pager:800-690-5288 http://www.sandia.gov/redteam2007 ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
