Ian, Thanks for the info. Very interesting.
Jim "MacGregor, Ian A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The 0.5 petabyte database at SLAC does not use Oracle; it uses Objectivity. >Objectivity is a small company which makes an OODB. When the project started there >was no way that Oracle could possibly handle this. It is still doubtful: Oracle does >not truly support Hierarchical Storage Systems; using one huge RAC ties limits your >machine vendors; some limits such as 64,000 partitions probably need to be increased. > >CERN is however very interested in using Oracle for their Large Hadronic Collider, >but that's about seven years off. That database will surpass BABAR's which as of >00:01:13 this morning (April 18 2002) was storing 549.6 TB has been stored in 324603 >files. CERN's possible use of Oracle is not due to failures in Objectivity, but due > to that company's inability to capture market share. They are hoping the problems >which prevent Oracle from handling large databases can be fixed by then. I am also >hoping for this, but I fear Oracle may prove to be an uncooperative prohibitedly >expensive partner. > > >Here we have plans to turn up the luminosity. If approved the database will reach >one exabyte by the end of the experiment. > >I don't believe the genealogy databases are even close to 500 TB. > > >Ian MacGregor >Stanford Linear Accelerator Center >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 8:29 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > >I can believe that - I think they are the group that offers all the geneaology >services to track family histories. I'll bet that's one heck of database too! > >Jim > >"Boivin, Patrice J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>At the Oracle Technology Day here they mentioned that one of the largest >>databases belongs to the Church Of Latter Day Saints, if you can believe it. >> >>They mentioned it in a seminar which also talked about iFS, I don't know >>they were implying that it relies on iFS. >> >>Regards, >>Patrice Boivin >>Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >>Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:03 AM >>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L >>Subject: World's largest database... >> >>http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO70250,00.html >> >>I thought we had someone on this list from this group, and was just >>wondering if this particular database was in Oracle or not. >> >>Jim >> >>-- >>_____________________________ >>Jim Hawkins >>Oracle Database Administrator >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>St. Louis, MO USA >>-- >>Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >>-- >>Author: Boivin, Patrice J >> INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 >>San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists >>-------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >>to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >>the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >>(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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