terabyte+ database requirements

the company i work for is considering a product offering (not a data warehouse) that will generate four terabytes of data in two years under the most optimistic usage prediction. i have been tasked with estimating the number of people, nodes, etc. that will be necessary to support this application.

at this point, i expect to build the system on top of an oracle database; but the software version and hardware have not been addressed yet.

basically, it would be really valuable for me to hear about experiences/tribulations/costs people have encountered building and managing a similar sized system.

tia,
tim

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