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To: SemiBull who wrote (8792)	1/15/1998 6:51:00 PM
From: Mark Finger	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14631

>>First of all, with the advent of 64-bit technology, RDBMS' will be >>able to run in RAM. Furthermore, companies can distribute their >>databases across 4 servers. This is monumental. The term "advent of 64-bit technology" is true only from a MSFT point of view. In the Unix world, we have had 64-bit support for at least 2 years (go back and look at the TPC/C benchmarks on DEC Alpha from Oracle, IFMX and Sybase, and on numerous other platforms since). Only in the NT world do we have the 32 bit limitation. As far as distributing across 4 servers, Oracle could do that back then also (they did a 4 server cluster on DEC benchmark). Informix XPS is supposed to have cluster support, but I have not seen benchmark or a deployment. As far as distributing, note that IFMX has a 100+ node implementation at MCI running for more than a year, and there is a 512 node site at Cornell University. And Microsoft is only now talking about scaling beyond 8 processors. Also remember that the MSFT stuff still generally only runs on the slide projector. This indicates the true level of MSFT technology, because the others have been delivering what Microsoft is only now thinking of.