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Subject: Poll Results: More data miners mine terabyte-size databases

The previous KDnuggets Poll asked: Largest database or dataset you data-mined ?

The results, shown in

KDnuggets 2007 Poll: Largest database or dataset you data-mined

shown significant growth at the top end, compared with the same poll in 2006 ( KDnuggets 2006 Poll: Largest database or dataset you data-mined )

In 2007, 22% of respondents reported mining databases of 1 terabyte or more, about double of 11.5% who dealt with terabyte-size databases in 2006.

Also, the median size for 2006 Poll was in the 2-4 GB range, while for 2007 Poll the median size was in the 30-60 GB range, more than 10 times larger !

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