Re: 21 terabytes at NYNEX

nraden_at_ix.netcom.com(Neil Raden) writes:

>In <DqBLFL.8pM_at_world.std.com> mew_at_world.std.com (Michael E Willett)
>writes:
>>
>>In the April 22 WSJ article "Storage Devices Take Spotlight
>>in Computer Industry," Jerry Higgins, who manages a database
>>of 21 trillion bytes of data at NYNEX, says, "Computers are
>>becoming a sidelight to the data warehouses."...
 

>OK, Mike, I'll bite - what do YOU think this statement means? Surely
>you're not suggesting that computers are superfluous in DW? After all,
>why actually DO anything with the data, so long as you can just store
>it. SHEEESSH!
 

>Anyway, since NYNEX can't even seem to manage as a monopoly in the
>fastest growing industry in the world, (not to mention the most
>communications-intensive city in the world) maybe they should
>concentrate on their core competency of building massive write-only
>databases.
 

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Hi Neil,

He says "Storage is the key. If your large computer breaks, you usually have a couple of other computers that can pick up the slack, but if your data farm is unavailable, you're in big trouble."

Mike Willett
Storage Computer
Nashua, NH
http://www.storage.com/ Received on Thu Apr 25 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST