Firebird and 1 terabyte database Dmitry Kuzmenko, IBSurgeon

On a desktop computer with SATA drives (1.5 tb) 4gb RAM Windows XP Professional SP3 AMD x2 5200 processor

On a desktop computer with

SATA drives (1.5 tb)

4gb RAM

Windows XP Professional SP3

AMD x2 5200 processor

TPC-C data lot of records ORDER_LINE - 3.7 billion records (358gb size) huge table STOCK - 404gb (1.3 billion records) big index ORDER_LINE_PK - 29gb size (3.7 billion keys) it took 12 hours to create, with 182gb temp space used

TPC-C data

lot of records

ORDER_LINE - 3.7 billion records (358gb size)

huge table

STOCK - 404gb (1.3 billion records)

big index

ORDER_LINE_PK - 29gb size (3.7 billion keys)

it took 12 hours to create, with 182gb temp space used

All the data was loaded in ~72 hours, while using this computer as a usual desktop, with up to 15 simultaneously running applications, 1-2 of them were used at the same time Queries work fine The biggest known Firebird database is 405 gigabytes Read the full article: http://www.ib-aid.com/articles/item104

All the data was loaded in ~72 hours, while using this computer as a usual desktop, with up to 15 simultaneously running applications, 1-2 of them were used at the same time

Queries work fine

The biggest known Firebird database is 405 gigabytes

Read the full article: http://www.ib-aid.com/articles/item104

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