The Ledger

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Assertion Supported
Mostak: Tableau data extracts fail on datasets exceeding 100 million rows
“Tableau extracts are great, but they kind of fall over, either when the extract gets over a hundred million rows, a few hundred million rows, or when you have, like, streaming data doing the system.”
Todd Mostak Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 17:16 The Power of GPU Analytics // Todd Mostak, MapD (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Assertion Supported
Mostak: CPU power growth lags behind 40% annual data volume growth
“Data is growing at 40% year over year, CPU processing power is only growing at a 20% year over year rate.”
Todd Mostak Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 1:13 The Power of GPU Analytics // Todd Mostak, MapD (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Assertion Partly supported
Mostak: A single 2017 GPU server rivals a 2007 top-ten supercomputer
“In fact, you're basically getting a supercomputer in a box, something that would have been a top 10 supercomputer 10 years ago on a single server today.”
Todd Mostak Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 2:48 The Power of GPU Analytics // Todd Mostak, MapD (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Assertion Supported
Mostak: MapD queries all data live without relying on pre-aggregation
“One of the great things about MapD is that we're not just pre-aggregating the data, that we're actually querying all the data live.”
Todd Mostak Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 11:03 The Power of GPU Analytics // Todd Mostak, MapD (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Mostak: Storage costs will drop below eight dollars per terabyte by 2020
“They're saying that by 20 20, you'll be able to buy a terabyte of storage for less than eight dollars.”
Todd Mostak Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 0:59 The Power of GPU Analytics // Todd Mostak, MapD (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Assertion Supported
Mostak: Enterprise data volumes are growing by 40 percent year-over-year
“Basically, it's doubling in less than every three years, or 40% year-over-year growth.”
Todd Mostak Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 0:32 The Power of GPU Analytics // Todd Mostak, MapD (FirstMark's Data Driven)
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