[jaywalk]

I've got relatively modestly-specced SQL Servers handling tables with hundreds of millions and even billions of rows without breaking a sweat. Somebody either just really wanted a new toy to play with, or has no idea what indexes are.

[Guest42]

Exactly, I’ve seen Sql servers handle billions of rows with 2 thousand columns. I think also people that work too long at one company don’t realize how problems were solved elsewhere.