Subj : Re: Requirements for a data storage / database system To : comp.programming From : Joe Butler Date : Sat Aug 13 2005 07:25 pm 1. Find out if a 1Gig USB drive plugged into a Windows 98 PC will do. If it suffices, job done. If not, goto stage 2. 2. Find out what the requirements are: how big, how costly, how reliable, how fast, how redundant, how secure, etc. 3. Write them up in a report so that someone else can know what you have discovered during your research phase. wrote in message news:1123951398.455769.167590@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > I've been assigned the writing of requirements for a new data > storage system. Any advice? > > I'm not sure how to even start. > > Frank > .