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Unread 06-07-2006, 20:35   #5
PaulM
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Originally Posted by bhayes
Also... terraserver was slow as a result of a less powerful server farm and the generally lower bandwidth prevailing at the time. I think the intention was to be a proof of concept of the scalability of MS Database solutions rather than having an application.
You could be on to something there. Remember though, a terabyte was A LOT of data back then. It may have been slow but it was ground breaking at the time.
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