Ron,
On 11/27/05 9:10 AM, "Ron" <rjpeace(at)earthlink(dot)net> wrote:
> Clever use of RAM can get a 5TB sequential scan down to ~17mins.
>
> Yes, it's a lot of data. But sequential scan times should be in the
> mins or low single digit hours, not days. Particularly if you use
> RAM to maximum advantage.
Unfortunately, RAM doesn't help with scanning from disk at all.
WRT using network interfaces to help - it's interesting, but I think what
you'd want to connect to is other machines with storage on them.
- Luke