Labels:text | screenshot | book OCR: GIGABYTES BUSTING OUT ALL OVER Very large databases (VLDBs), primarily in the form of data warehouse implementations, are becoming more prevalent in large corporations, according to Meta Group. A 1995 survey conducted by the market research firm showed that 19% of respondents had gone beyond the 50Gb level with their data warehouses, and another 59% expected to surpass that threshold by Q2/96. Several large organizations have databases in the several-hundred-gigabyte range, and a few are approaching the terabyte level, says Meta 60 59% 50 40 30 /24% 20 20% 18% 19% 19% Percentage of respondents 16% 10 1.1% 1.1% 2% 0 <5Gb SGb - 9Gb 10Gb - 19Gb 20Gb - 49Gb 50Gb+ @ Current Meta projects that, by 1998, relational database vendors will begin to @ Projected 12 to 18 months release products with design thresholds of 10-plus terabytes.
