Data size is in a way less important than the access pattern. At some scale it's both important.
On 17 April 2012 17:29, Russell Coker < russell@coker.com.au > wrote:
One of my clients is proposing a project that requires good storage performance and high reliability. It's an entirely new project so there's no legacy code to deal with.
Russell, before choosing a technology... it might pay to give some rough ball parks of data sizes and potential size of growth and traffic you would expect to see. This will help determine the tech selected. Remember what goes in today becomes the next decades legacy app.
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