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2001 DATABASE SCALABILITY PROGRAM

Company DB Size*\
(GB)
DBMS Partner Server Partner Storage Partner
Korea Telecom (KT ICIS) 2,258 Oracle Compaq StorageTek
Dacom System Tech. 1,800 Oracle Pyramid Seagate
LG TelCom 1,132 Oracle HP EMC
USA.NET 1,089 Oracle Sun EMC
Korea Telecom (prebill) 915 Oracle Compaq Compaq
Experian 779 Oracle IBM EMC
Staff Leasing 484 Oracle HP HP
Samsung 454 Oracle IBM EMC
SK C&C 257 Oracle IBM IBM
Channell 120 Oracle Sun Sun
*Database size = sum of user data + summaries and aggregates + indexes

 
The values in this table portray the size of some of the world's largest database size in 2001 (some database owners chose not to participate in the survey program). Since then, database size has grown dramatically. If the Top Ten lists were compiled today, the metrics and rankings would look different.

 

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