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cbsmith on Oct 4, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: MongoDB Raises $150 Million at $1.2 Billion Valuat...

One rule of thumb I've had for people is, "if you can fit it in one computer, it is definitely not big data".

wjnc on Oct 4, 2013 [–]

My company actually bought some "big data"-machinery plus consulting and they actually delivered their hardware in a Very Large case. Truly one of those '90s dual big towers. I thought that was pretty funny, considering they put less data in it than fits on a $200 hard drive.

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