Jack wrote:
> "Jim Smith" <jim_at_jimsmith.demon.co.uk> kirjoitti
> viestissä:3NUoA8IzJkYCFwUd_at_jimsmith.demon.co.uk...
>
>>Much is made of Oracle's ability to cope with very large databases and
>>there are obviously increasing numbers of 100s GB and TB databases out
>>there. But how big is the typical Oracle database now.?
>
>
> I think that size does not matter, you can make big database with any
> xxx-rdbs.
> Mission critical is more inportant measurement, and business needs to
> legitimate used resources.
> But as always these are only opinions.
> If you like Ford more than Porsche, it is OK.
I will agree that anything can be made big. But not everything can
be made scalable or tunable. And very few things are made well
instrumented. As size increases the need for instrumentation becomes
more and more important. A critical issue when making size decisions.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Tue Apr 19 2005 - 13:13:59 CDT
