Very large database

VLDB stands for Very Large DataBase. A very large Database contains an extremely high number of Tuples (database rows), and/or occupies an extremely large physical filesystem storage space.

The specific size of a very large database is not clearly defined among industry and academia. The most common definition for a VLDB describes a very large database as occupying more than 1 terabyte of physical filesystem storage space, and/or containing several billion rows.

==References== [http://it.csumb.edu/departments/data/glossary.html Cal State University Monterey Bay Definition]. Data Warehouse Glossary. Accessed on Aug. 8, 2005.

[http://www.vldb.org/ VLDB Endowment Inc.] . Very Large Data Base Endowment Inc. Accessed on Aug. 8, 2005.

[http://math-cs.cns.uni.edu/~okane/cgi-bin/newpres/m.compiler/compiler/index.cgi Mumps Compiler and Multi-dimensional and Hierarchical Toolkit]