Re: Help sizing for 2 Million a day (to 10 Million)

RS6000 SMP with the GOOD memory and multiple CPU (> 4)! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheryl Kendricks Internet:cherylk@prod1.jcdc.doleta.gov OR cherylk@gwysmtp.jcdc.doleta.gov DTSI, Inc. Voice: 1-800-598-5008 Fax: 512-393-7296 Database Administrator - DOL Job Corps San Marcos, Texas ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 12 Mar 1996, Roger Meyers wrote: } Hi! } } I need to develop a solution that will support the processing of } 2 million transactions a day and be scalable to 10 million with no } major software modifications... } } The transactions are 256 bytes each. I can compute the disk } requirements, but what I don't have a feel for is how powerfull a } machine? They prefer some flavor of RS/6000. } } To prepare for the 10 million should I develop differently of will } the scaleing all ocur in the Informix DBA area? } } Is anyone dealing with these types of numbers. Any pointers? } } TIA for any suggestions / information! } } Roger Meyers } Strategic Software Solutions } San Francisco }