Database Machines: An Idea Whose Time Passed? A Critique of the Future of Database Machines

In this paper we take a critical look at the future of the field of database machines. We hypothesize that trends in mass storage technology are making database machines that attempt to exploit a high degree of parallelism to enhance performance an idea whose time has passed.

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