You can go really far with most relational database engines by adding hardware to a single instance instead of adding more instances. > In the majority of case

You can go really far with most relational database engines by adding hardware to a single instance instead of adding more instances. > In the majority of cases I see, people are not dealing with "big data" but think they are. Spot on. The amount of stuff you can do with a single $2,000 box these days is astounding.