On the subject of terrabyte flash drives:
http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/technology/news/article.php/3795956
Looks like it'll be a lot less than a decade.
On the subject of cloud databases, I think it's a cool idea, but I just can't wrap my head around how to put one to use. They're too clunky for OLAP, and too much latency for most OLTP.
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