8 Big Data Deployments In Detail
August 24, 2010 08:00 AM What does it take to move into the era of large-scale data analytics? Data warehousing experts from Barnes & Noble, BNP Paribas, Cabelas, McAfee and more share insights on innovative big-data deployments.
Provisio Develops New Big-Data Services
Challenge: Provisio needs to quickly scan an iTrials database with health-claim and medical-record information on more than 41 million US citizens
Old System: Microsoft SQL Server cluster
New System: ParAccel database on HP servers
Capacity: 7 terabytes before compression
Deployed: Late 2009
Notes: Column-store compression is said to have dramatically reduced database size and storage needs








