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Re: Does anyone have serious databases on NT?

From: Stephen Simpson <steve_at_sybase-dba.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:35:34 +0000
Message-ID: <37E00316.2B6CB935@sybase-dba.com>


Norris wrote:
>
> Large size of database does not mean serious. If I have money, I can buy 100 pieces of 30GB harddisks and create a database with 1000GB which subject to the limitation of OS and database server.

You are dead right. I have managed a very complex risk management/equity trading environment. The largest database (on NT) was 6 GB. However, the technical architecture was complex, and took a lot of TLC.

Steve
>
> In comp.databases.oracle.misc gus <gus_goose_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 250 Gigs is tiny. 250 Ter. is big (e.g. in a financial research system).
>
> > gus.
>
> > P.S. Just joking .... ;-) I am working with a number of production
> > systems where the largest is about 100 gig. Since we have 8 different
> > production servers, with the others 65, 20, 25, and more gigabytes ...
>
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