Re: terabytes of storage

sir kaber wrote:

> Hey, I'm not to familiar with data storage or data backup in the
> enterprise, etc.. And I was just wondering what kind of companies
> usually have databases that reach in the terabyte storage marks ? I'm
> guessing companies that go through millions of customers per day ? But
> how many companies really do that ? Nokia, Siemens, Microsoft, Sun,
> basically fortune 500 companies (companies with net incomes of over a
> 100 million in most cases).
>
> I dunno, just a little bit confused on how companies are collecting so
> much data in there databases/storage disks. Or just from those
> companies alone it creates ample demand for seeing the Terabyte mark
> frequently on the internet ?
>
> Thanks,
> -Akbar A.
> // personal website: http://vertexabuse.cjb.net
> // www.aliansystems.com

Every credit card company
Every telephone company (land or cellular) Every company with communication satellites Every company in the commercial airplane business Every major manufacturer
Every delivery company (FedEx, UPS, Airborne) Every bank
Many internet marketers (Amazon, eBay, Yahoo) the list goes on and on.

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