I've answered the size question in a few other posts, but I'm thinking billions of records, half a terabyte or more of denormalized data. Stored in whatever ec2

I've answered the size question in a few other posts, but I'm thinking billions of records, half a terabyte or more of denormalized data. Stored in whatever ec2 instances I need to accomplish the job. If the required computing power is more than my business can afford then it's really up to the management to make the determination as to whether or not they really want to go down this path.