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RE: Database design.
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:07:23 -0400
nah, you'll want to store that data on EMC hardware, I'd say a Symetrix system would be adequate, something like 30Tb of usable, redundant, never loose a byte guarantee 100% uptime (I think we still have that), can withstand a 8.5 level earthquake, blah, blah blah... More great stuff about the Symmetrix...blah blah Pricetag something near 4Million for a fully loaded unit, heck I'm sure Her Majesty will get a much better deal than list price though! Ok, even with EMC's finest storage system, hell buy two of them, and a small army to import all the existing records, $40 billion is HELLA huge of an amount.... $40 Million maybe, but $40 BILLION!! Yikes! Ok, I'll do it 500Million bucks, Hardware and data entry included, but the British docs are on their own to maintain the system...... Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Drsolly Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 6:11 PM To: Larry Seltzer Cc: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: RE: [funsec] Database design. On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Larry Seltzer wrote:
...some $40 billion...Holy crap, I want that contract! How do I bid? I assume this project involves a very large amount of data entry from doctors' handwriting.
No, I think most doctors already have their case notes in some kind of database.
I'll be generous in my assumptions and suggest that there will be double- and perhaps triple-checking. A lot of hardware will need to be bought,
I can't imagine why you'd need a lot of hardware. If 60 million people each need 20kb of data on average, that's 1.2 terabytes, which is four 300 gb hard drives. Of course, you'd want some mirroring and multiple locations, but even so. I could do the pilot project on one server; maybe a few dozen PCs for the production version.
a large number of people trained in the use of the system.
And I can't imagine why you'd want to design a system that people needed to be trained in order to use.
I can see it being insanely expensive. $40b is a lot. I don't know if it's too much. Am I wrong on the scope of the contract?
Well, my initial thought was $40k, but I'd probably say $200k to give myself wiggle room. But that's just me, I was wondering what other people would say. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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