Re: 21 terabytes at NYNEX
From: John Durkin <yamanote_at_gol.com>
Date: 1996/04/25
Message-ID: <4llm6j$2m1_at_gol2.gol.com>#1/1
Date: 1996/04/25
Message-ID: <4llm6j$2m1_at_gol2.gol.com>#1/1
mew_at_world.std.com (Michael E Willett) wrote:
>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."...
Although I respect the concept of 21 TB of storage, I would like to know how this backed up. With current technology, it sounds like a near impossible task, unless the 21 TB DASD is mirrored. Even then, at some point I assume a tape backup must be taken.
John P. Durkin
Tokyo, Japan
Received on Thu Apr 25 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST