db2udbgirl wrote:
Yes Dave, My db size is 5 TB (which is for storing historical data
alone)
Thanks,
db2udbgirl.
That's a hefty database! (100TB behemoths not withstanding, I suspect
it's big enough to send many DBAs slinking away with feelings of
inadequacy :-)
Larry made a good point about automated tools not really being adequate
for sizing hardware requirements once you get beyond a certain size ...
could be why the tool limits itself to 1TB?
That said, some tools produce hilarious results even at the small
scale: here's a result from the IBM System Advisor - after asking it to
recommend a small-scale (1-19 users) Linux server for file&print
sharing, database, and content management with storage space of
200-500Gb (fairly similar to a little Linux box I've got at home that
does most of these things for me). The tool recommended the following:
Top recommendation:
IBM Intellistation M Pro Express Model (a workstation)
Other recommendations:
IBM Intellistation Z Pro Express Model (a bigger workstation)
IBM eServer zSeries 890 (uh?! slightly outside my budget, sadly :-)
Dave.
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