Re: White paper on very big databases

On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 10:20 +0100, Jean-Paul Argudo wrote:
> Hi all,

> The study has to be based on real usecases, so, the first thing is that
> every usecase may become of public knowledge. So I don't want someone
> telling me "we have 5 Tb here, we do it this way.. but shhh don't tell
> my name". This will not work, because detractors may say everything in
> the study is wrong, false and pro-PostgreSQL...
>

Well therein lies the problem. CMD has a customer with a multi-terrabyte
table (not including the rest of the database) but we can't really talk
about it :(

> So if you have any comments regarding this project, its time to say it
> here!
>
> I'll be at FOSDEM this night, until sunday. Be sure I'm open for any
> discussion there, and by mail, off course.
>
> Cheers!
>
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> Jean-Paul Argudo
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> www.Dalibo.com
>
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