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Re:Big data is dead (2023) by allanbreyes on Monday May 27, 2024 @08:38AM (#40490205)
There are machines that can fit that and more: https://yourdatafitsinram.net/

I'm not advocating that this is generally a good or bad idea, or even economical, but it's possible.

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Re:Big data is dead (2023) by the_real_cher on Monday May 27, 2024 @09:29AM (#40490521)
I'm trying to understand what the person I'm replying to had in mind when they said fit six terabytes in memory and search with awk.

is this what they were referring to just by a big ass Ram machine?

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