How about storing your Oracle database in RAM?

10TB per rack? Watch those TPC-C numbers just fly.

Violin plays AMD for memory monster | The Register
"AMD and Violin Memory have ignited a love affair around Hypertransport
that should result in what the industry technically refers to as huge
DRAM appliances being connected to Opteron-based servers."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/10/amd_violin_memory/

On Dec 11, 8:30 am, Yousuf Khan <bbb... RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
> 10TB per rack? Watch those TPC-C numbers just fly.
>
> Violin plays AMD for memory monster | The Register
> "AMD and Violin Memory have ignited a love affair around Hypertransport
> that should result in what the industry technically refers to as huge
> DRAM appliances being connected to Opteron-based servers."http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/10/amd_violin_memory/

This doesn't solve the problem that Oracle is expensive. In general,
it's a much smarter idea to use standard hardware and better software
rather than exotic hardware.

DK