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by tomnipotent 2239 days ago
> I thought that by large datasets you meant TB

Oracle DB has no problems with TB-sized datasets, and if you have that kind of data you're probably not worried about Oracle-sized licenses.

> That leaves only niches for oracle.

Why do people keep beating this dead horse? Oracle DB is backing a non-trivial % of global GDP in a large number of Fortune 500's. It's not niche, it's just not a tool you use for hosting WordPress, Magento, and RoR apps.
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derefr 2239 days ago
> and if you have that kind of data you're probably not worried about Oracle-sized licenses.

We're a two-man startup selling analytics of blockchain data. We have a several-terabyte data set and basically no hosting budget. I don't think we're all that unusual. Dataset size does not imply organizational size/budget.

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