[AccessD] VLDBs, the saga - Ramblings only

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sat Aug 28 17:17:38 CDT 2004


On 28 Aug 2004 at 7:56, John W. Colby wrote:

> 
> With any luck, given the massive compression PKZip managed to attain, I will
> be able to shoehorn the 600g.  
> 

John, do not use compressed drives for SQL Server data. You are asking for 
trouble.

See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;231347

I did warn you before you got started about how much storage and processing 
power you were going to need.   You just can't handle that amount of data 
without serious expenditure on the hardware.




-- 
Stuart





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