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Unix sort is a merge sort, using fixed RAM uniq -c is line by line sed is line by line A superior solution in every way If you were going to do this in Python (or another similar l…

Maybe I am missing something here, but The python version is: O(N) sequential disk access O(NlogN) cpu O(N) RAM The shell script is the same for disk and cpu, however, it is O(1) o…

Hi jokull, Would like to understand more, is there a way to contact you ? Andy

(disclosure, I am the author of this post) Hi hn_decay, Our use case goes like this: a member database of over a 100M records, and a number of content databases each with tens or h…

(disclosure - I am the author of this article) "At the end of the day hire good ppl. They'll do the right thing most of the time." - absolutely agree. No system is perfect, ours is…

(disclosure - I am the author of this article) I think this comes down to judgment. Design appropriately. Short sighted designs are as bad as ivory tower designs. Every situation i…

(disclosure - I am the author of this article) I think it is a matter of judgment. Bugs that bring the site down,I agree. Minor bugs that most people will not notice on a consumer …

(disclosure - I am the author of this article) I am not sure about "faster", but it is more scalable and more flexible - especially considering that the datasets to be "joined" are…

@latch - Yes, we saw it - would be a fun project, but we are software hackers :-) There are also concerns about heat, vibration, hot swapping, etc. I would happily spend $78K for t…

For a web startup - large monitors, powerful dev machines, extra servers for testing and running stuff, free drinks and free food

Thanks for the replies - Need disk storage, would like to use 7200rpm for real-time access to logs, 15k for database/email apps Would be a lot of fun to roll our own, but we are re…

Typical solutions for backup, log files, email servers, databases all seem to cost $5K to $8K a TB over a 3 year period, including "support". Anyone with production experience with…