VLDB - for real?

Is it just me? I've noted of late a trend amongst the industry analysts claiming that very large databases are coming. They point at the pedabyte marker and make terabyte claims as a matter of course. Fine. On top of that I note a couple of companies which are actually gearing their strategy towards these goals - not the least amongst them Informix. What this means to the rest of us is that vendors are re-focusing their efforts towards these vapor-bases - forgetting about the bread and butter clients. I see this as a problem. IMHO a pedabyte database means that someone hasn't done their analysis work very well, or it's something that's chock full of BLOBs. Either way, maybe the Fortune 100 will be worrying about databases of this size, but how about a little thought here... Windows doesn't run fast... but it sold out. cheers j. _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker - Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com _____________________________________________________________________________ Back up my hard drive? You mean these things can actually run in reverse? _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________