Slide Title: Data Analysis Today

Slide Words:
Download (FTP and GREP) are not adequate.
- You can GREP 1 MB in a second
- You can GREP 1 GB in a minute
- You can GREP 1 TB in 2 days
- You can GREP 1 PB in 3 years.

Oh!, and 1PB ~10,000 disks

At some point we need:
- Indices to limit search
- Parallel data search and analysis

This is where databases can help.

Next generation technique: Data Exploration
- Bring the analysis to the data!

Slide Image: Man opening a door that reveals a brick wall.

Slide Source: NSF and Alex Szalay