Re: Elvis has left the building
"Here's the logic. You are running queries against a data set of potentially 50 million users, what server do you need for that and how much disk space is required? Do we believe they could fit it in an office in London?"
I did a repair on a server grade desktop box a few years ago at a university. The user was running queries for research on a local copy of the entire NHS patient database, over 60 million records. No network connection due to data sensitivity. The HDD looked exactly the same physical dimensions as any other 3.5" HDD. Weird that it all managed to fit in there eh?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
