RE: Database design.

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

 nah, you'll want to store that data on EMC hardware, I'd say a Symetrix
system would be adequate, something like 30Tb of usable, redundant, never
loose a byte guarantee 100% uptime (I think we still have that), can
withstand a 8.5 level earthquake, blah, blah blah... More great stuff about
the Symmetrix...blah blah  Pricetag something near 4Million for a fully
loaded unit, heck I'm sure Her Majesty will get a much better deal than list
price though!

  Ok, even with EMC's finest storage system, hell buy two of them, and a
small army to import all the existing records, $40 billion is HELLA huge of
an amount....  $40 Million maybe, but $40 BILLION!!  Yikes!

Ok, I'll do it 500Million bucks, Hardware and data entry included, but the
British docs are on their own to maintain the system......

Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
EMC ² Corporation 
4400 Computer Dr. 
Westboro, MA 01580 


-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Drsolly
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 6:11 PM
To: Larry Seltzer
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: RE: [funsec] Database design.

On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Larry Seltzer wrote:

> > > ...some $40 billion...
>
> Holy crap, I want that contract! How do I bid?
>
> I assume this project involves a very large amount of data entry from
> doctors' handwriting.

No, I think most doctors already have their case notes in some kind of 
database.

> I'll be generous in my assumptions and suggest that
> there will be double- and perhaps triple-checking. A lot of hardware will
> need to be bought,

I can't imagine why you'd need a lot of hardware. If 60 million people 
each need 20kb of data on average, that's 1.2 terabytes, which is four 300 
gb hard drives. Of course, you'd want some mirroring and multiple 
locations, but even so. I could do the pilot project on one server; maybe 
a few dozen PCs for the production version.

> a large number of people trained in the use of the
> system.

And I can't imagine why you'd want to design a system that people needed 
to be trained in order to use.

> I can see it being insanely expensive. $40b is a lot. I don't know
> if it's too much.
>
> Am I wrong on the scope of the contract?
 
Well, my initial thought was $40k, but I'd probably say $200k to give 
myself wiggle room. 

But that's just me, I was wondering what other people would say. 

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