Hardware needed for huge text indexes?

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james120
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Hardware needed for huge text indexes?

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I am interested in doing full-text indexing, and then performing sophisticated queries, on 100-300 gig of data. So far I have not been able to find any benchmarks for databases of this size. Any input would be appreciated.
james120
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Hardware needed for huge text indexes?

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I note that the specifications for Texis say that tables are limited to 2 gig on 32 bit systems. What about systems that can do either 32 or 64? Are AMD Opterons and Xeon Noconas 32-bit or 64-bit for purposes of table size?
james120
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Hardware needed for huge text indexes?

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Thanks for the info. So, I assume that current Linux kernals (2.4 or 2.6) do support this, but could you confirm this for me so I don't make a serious OS choice mistake? I am currently planning on going with Fedora Core 2 (based on 2.6).
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