How to store 50 Terabytes per day?

  • From: Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:08:12 -0700

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




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