[dba-SQLServer] limit to records?

Here is a online almost terabyte database running on SQL Server you can 
query from Access,
unfortunately you need academic permission to do large queries.
The total amount of data in the two databases is 818 GB,
and the total number of rows exceeds 3.4 billion.

But as of now it only maps 1/10 to 1/5 of sky area of Northern hemisphere

Sloan Digital Sky Survey
http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr1/en/

Database Physical and Logical design

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr1/en/sdss/data/data.asp#databases


Microsoft SQL Server Size statement.

Microsoft® SQL Server" 2000 Meta Data Services uses storage provided by 
a DBMS.
SQL Server 2000 imposes no practical limit on logical database size.
However there are probably physical limits with Partioned tables and 
physical disk size.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/reposad/raarchitecture_8flf.asp

There are record limits to OLAP SQL Server databases something like 2^32 
*128 * 65K
If you want to work out dimensions and cubes.

Michael Maddison wrote:

>Sadly no...  :-)
>
>cheers
>
>Michael M 
>
>
>I've read the docs too, and agree that what you say corresponds with
>what MS says. But I lack the hardware resources to test this
>effectively. Does anyone on this list have sufficient HW resources to
>create a multi-TB database and then to test its response time? 
>
>I doubt it but I thought I would ask anyway.
>
>A.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
>McLachlan
>Sent: July 5, 2005 6:27 PM
>To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] limit to records?
>
>On 5 Jul 2005 at 17:13, Susan Harkins wrote:
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>>Is there a limit to the number of records a SQL Server table can
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>store? 
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>BOL:
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>SQL Server 2000 has high-speed optimizations that support very large
>database environments. SQL Server version 6.5 and earlier can support
>databases from 200 GB through 300 GB. SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server
>version 7.0 can effectively support terabyte-sized databases
>
>--
>Stuart
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