Comments on: Teradata’s Petabyte Power Players http://www.dbms2.com/2008/10/15/teradatas-petabyte-power-players/ Choices in data management and analysis Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:24:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Victor Visweswaran http://www.dbms2.com/2008/10/15/teradatas-petabyte-power-players/comment-page-1/#comment-161668 Victor Visweswaran Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:54:53 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=610#comment-161668 It is not really how much information you have stored within the purview of a datawarehouse appliance RDBMS, or how much information you can retrieve in a single query; it IS how much value you can render to the end business user/decision maker by virtue of the mechanics of your data warehouse appliance that is important, I think. Now, let's look back in time...when we had databases that were only about 200 odd Gigabytes big, and there were millions of customers, and the processors were not all that fast, we were able to still design some very "nifty" data bases that processed over 300 transactions per second. Now, with all the inflated investments in technology and the accumulation of JUNK data stores, how much value REALLY is purveyed by the datawarehouse appliances? Think about it... Victor It is not really how much information you have stored within the purview of a datawarehouse appliance RDBMS, or how much information you can retrieve in a single query; it IS how much value you can render to the end business user/decision maker by virtue of the mechanics of your data warehouse appliance that is important, I think.
Now, let’s look back in time…when we had databases that were only about 200 odd Gigabytes big, and there were millions of customers, and the processors were not all that fast, we were able to still design some very “nifty” data bases that processed over 300 transactions per second.
Now, with all the inflated investments in technology and the accumulation of JUNK data stores, how much value REALLY is purveyed by the datawarehouse appliances? Think about it…
Victor

]]> By: eBay’s two enormous data warehouses | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services http://www.dbms2.com/2008/10/15/teradatas-petabyte-power-players/comment-page-1/#comment-119221 eBay’s two enormous data warehouses | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:13:50 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=610#comment-119221 [...] Wal-Mart, Bank of America, another financial services company, and Dell also have very large Teradata databases. [...] [...] Wal-Mart, Bank of America, another financial services company, and Dell also have very large Teradata databases. [...]

]]> By: Closing the book on the DATAllegro customer base | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services http://www.dbms2.com/2008/10/15/teradatas-petabyte-power-players/comment-page-1/#comment-111925 Closing the book on the DATAllegro customer base | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:59:10 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=610#comment-111925 [...] did indeed disclose at TDWI that it was a large DATAllegro user, notwithstanding that Dell is a huge Teradata user as well.  No doubt, Dell is gearing up to be a big user of Madison [...] [...] did indeed disclose at TDWI that it was a large DATAllegro user, notwithstanding that Dell is a huge Teradata user as well.  No doubt, Dell is gearing up to be a big user of Madison [...]

]]> By: Microsoft SQL Server Fast Track | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services http://www.dbms2.com/2008/10/15/teradatas-petabyte-power-players/comment-page-1/#comment-111360 Microsoft SQL Server Fast Track | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:06:15 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=610#comment-111360 [...] fit into a Madison EDW environment. This idea — a version of which I’ve also heard from eBay in connection with its Teradata installation — says “OK, maybe it’s a good idea [...] [...] fit into a Madison EDW environment. This idea — a version of which I’ve also heard from eBay in connection with its Teradata installation — says “OK, maybe it’s a good idea [...]

]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.dbms2.com/2008/10/15/teradatas-petabyte-power-players/comment-page-1/#comment-99920 Curt Monash Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:55:40 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=610#comment-99920 Sajith, Look real hard at the post metadata and you should be able to figure it out. :) CAM Sajith,

Look real hard at the post metadata and you should be able to figure it out. :)

CAM

]]> By: More servers, more problems « Technology Info http://www.dbms2.com/2008/10/15/teradatas-petabyte-power-players/comment-page-1/#comment-99914 More servers, more problems « Technology Info Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:52:50 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=610#comment-99914 [...] invest in analyzing existing hardware performance and tweaking their systems. Take for example eBay. eBay handles an enormous amount of data through many, many auctions running 24/7. Sure, with the [...] [...] invest in analyzing existing hardware performance and tweaking their systems. Take for example eBay. eBay handles an enormous amount of data through many, many auctions running 24/7. Sure, with the [...]

]]> By: sajith http://www.dbms2.com/2008/10/15/teradatas-petabyte-power-players/comment-page-1/#comment-99867 sajith Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:13:14 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=610#comment-99867 What's with the mutual link love between this story and the networkworld.com story? What’s with the mutual link love between this story and the networkworld.com story?

]]> By: Oracle notes | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services http://www.dbms2.com/2008/10/15/teradatas-petabyte-power-players/comment-page-1/#comment-99594 Oracle notes | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:21:42 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=610#comment-99594 [...] conservative kind of counting — single database, true user data, etc.  Oracle estimates that Teradata Petabyte Power Player Dell would only be at 300 terabytes by this kind of [...] [...] conservative kind of counting — single database, true user data, etc.  Oracle estimates that Teradata Petabyte Power Player Dell would only be at 300 terabytes by this kind of [...]

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