Ron, On 11/27/05 9:10 AM, "Ron" <rjpeace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Clever use of RAM can get a 5TB sequential scan down to ~17mins. > > Yes, it's a lot of data. But sequential scan times should be in the > mins or low single digit hours, not days. Particularly if you use > RAM to maximum advantage. Unfortunately, RAM doesn't help with scanning from disk at all. WRT using network interfaces to help - it's interesting, but I think what you'd want to connect to is other machines with storage on them. - Luke
