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    SQL Server does support row-level and table-level compression for things like this. Commented Mar 1, 2012 at 19:08
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    Since there is only 1 entry / sensor / day, do you need Table1? Commented Mar 1, 2012 at 19:57
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    What do you plan to do with this data, once it is in the database? I can't imagine being able to aggregate sensor data in a binary format, at least not easily or quickly at those levels. Commented Mar 1, 2012 at 20:35
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    100,000 sensors X 10 samples per second X 28Bytes per sample x 24 hours per day = 2.2TB per day. That is a lot to put into two tables. Commented Mar 1, 2012 at 20:55
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    @AlexKuznetsov: I was wondering about the SQL Server choice myself, but they are Microsoft gold partners, so I guess that is the main reason. Commented Mar 2, 2012 at 7:54