{"id":7550,"date":"2012-12-31T11:35:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T11:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/very-large-database\/"},"modified":"2012-12-31T11:35:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T11:35:12","slug":"very-large-database","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/14731\/very-large-database-vldb","title":{"rendered":"Very Large Database"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_very_large_database_mean\">What Does Very Large Database Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A very large database (VLDB) is a type of database that consists of a very high number of database records, rows and entries, which are spanned across a wide file system.<\/p>\n<p> VLDB is similar to a standard database but contains a very large amount of data. As such, it requires special management, maintenance and technologies to operate. <\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_very_large_database\">Techopedia Explains Very Large Database<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>VLDB is primarily an enterprise class database. Although there is no specific limitation of a VLDB, it can consist of billions of records and have a cumulative size in thousands of gigabytes, or even some hundred terabytes. A VLDB is generally a repository for big data, a transactional processing system or a combination of the two. A VLDB is maintained through standard relational database management system (RDBMS) software and requires capable hardware computing and storage resources. Moreover, a VLDB also requires the underlying system to be capable enough to scale up to address its ever-increasing size.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Very Large Database Mean? 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