Re: Terabytes + database on NT

"andrey" <andrey_at_roz.ru> wrote in message news:98nobe$s86$1_at_josh.sovintel.ru...
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> "NT will not reliably scale into the terabytes. " - it's from where ? out
> of nowhere
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OK... so you clearly operate a terabyte NT system, yes? I'm prepared to learn, if so.

> NT scale itself means little when on raw devices
> without filesystem nothing limits db size

I'm not talking about filesystems. NT isn't a filesystem. It's an operating system, and my experience is that it will not happily cope with a terabyte database attached and the ensuing number of User connections.

But tell us your experience to the contrary.... HJR
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> "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote in message
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> > ""Anurag Minocha"" <aminocha_at_herold.com> wrote in message
> > news:EBBA6D3A81229C42981E3AEA79BF5A4E111236_at_jshemail.herold.com...
> > > Hi,
> > > We are in the process of deciding the operating system to hold our
 database.
> > > It is expected that the database will be in Terabytes and will keep on
> > > growing at a very fast pace.
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> > > Is NT the right o/s for this or we should move to unix. If unix then
 which
> > > flavor of Unix.
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> > > I must tell you that the dataase will mainly consist of scanned
 images.
> > > Another solution which is possible to limit the size of the database
 is
 to
> > > store the path of the images in the database and store the images in
 the
> > > file system. In this way we can use NT, but I am not sure of the side
> > > effects of this.
> > >
> > > We are thinking of 8i or later.
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> > Weird. 8i is the current release. There is no 'later'. Why would you
 be
> > thinking about vapourware? Assess that which is on the marketplace
 today,
> > for tomorrow thou shalt upgrade, and it shalt be a painless task (ha
 ha).
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> > As for terrabytes on NT, I will say just two things: I am a devout MS,
 NT
> > and W2K disciple. But you want your head tested for even thinking of
 such
 a
> > thing.
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> > NT will not reliably scale into the terabytes. And if Microsoft
 suggests
> > that it will, they are being parsimonious with the actualité.
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> > If I were you, and implementing this in the next 4 months, I would be
> > expecting to use 8.1.6 on Solaris.
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> > Regards
> > HJR
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> > > Please help.
> > > Thanks
> > > Anurag
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Received on Wed Mar 14 2001 - 07:14:34 CST