>> That, and a terabyte of cheap storage can be had for under a grand these days
> (assuming you're not buying large arrays in bulk, which I'd imagine google
> is). A million users? Before the groin-grabbingly nice hardware bulk discount
> google almost certainly get, you're talking a couple hundred grand, max.
> That's assuming a milion users, each using their full gig. Which will not be
> happening for a long, long time.
>> - DoC
Also, don't forget san virtualization. You can serve up 1 tb of storage
without having the disk and only add the disk as you need it. So as disk
gets cheaper you can add it. Your application server never knows the
difference.
Keith
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