On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:03:52 -0800, "Jonathan Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:47:08 -0700, "Ryan Byrd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > > Let's say I need to store a petabyte of data. I need fast access > > (tape/DVDs > > aren't fast enough) and redundancy like RAID. > > > > How should I do it? Initially the data will be in large (several MB) > > binary > > objects and could be stored as files, but eventually, it will need to be > > placed into a relational database like Oracle. > > You're screwed.
To elaborate: storing a PB isn't hard. Doing something useful with it afterwards, is. (Which is why Oracle does very good business at the high end.) Don't buy hardware until you have a handle on how you're going to use it. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
