
Not necessarily for all data related issues, but perhaps in one area we are nearing the end of our "best guesses" about how to build a scalable system. I was out at lunch recently with some friends, specifically to talk to them about their infrastructure. They work at a large company, and have a pretty hefty setup of systems to maintain: hundreds of servers, multi-terabyte SANs, and more. And it's a mission critical, highly available system that can directly affect their revenue if things were to go down. Read the rest of The End of Estimation at SQLServerCentral.com
