Re: Database design.

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 6/6/06, Blanchard_Michael () emc com <Blanchard_Michael () emc com> wrote:
>  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!

I was thinking more along the lines of a NetApp system. 100TB of RAID4
for ~800,000 USD

You could buy 6 for the price of one EMC system and still have some
change left over.  :-)


-JP<who has always wondered why EMC runs embedded XP on any of its products>
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