Feasibility of LARGE text database

Hi all,

     I'm a curious student employee of the U of MN. We run expensive database software to search medical journals (MEDLINE). As the subject states, it is very large (6-7 Gigabytes!). I know nothing of Oracle, other than it is a database system. Could we save our department tens of thousands of dollars by using our site license for the database file to make our own front-end and an Oracle based database? Is it possible considering the frequency of users (estimated 2,000+ login's a day, not to mention several queries per login)? We have a SunSparc10 model 51 with one processor, 128 Megs RAM and 9.4 Gigs of drives.

                                   Thanx for any help,

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