So, two informative replies. Pretty high signal to noise ratio. Thanks Tim and Ian. Jared On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:08:12 -0700, jared.still@xxxxxxxxxxx <jared.still@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This quote appears in the following article: > http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,95694,00.html?nas=DM-95694 > " When it's in operation in 2011 at a site still to be determined, the > telescope being built for the LSST project will collect data at a rate of > about 6GB (equivalent to one DVD) per 10 seconds, generating many > petabytes of data over time. One petabyte equals roughly 100 times the > printed contents of the Library of Congress. The LSST project "pushes > forward database technology dramatically," says Philip Pinto, a physics > professor at Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona and a member > of the LSST project's board of directors. "The LSST database will probably > be the largest known nonproprietary database in the world." > So if you were faced with the task of storing 50 Terabytes per day, what > kind of architecture would it require? > Do you think Oracle would hold up with a transaction rate of 600 Megabytes > per second? > The architecture of such a beast could drive out some interesting > developments for more general use. > Jared -- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To search the archives - //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/