Re: Help With Hypothetical VLDB Question

tracy, > One of our sales guys asked me if Informix could handle a system > which has the following base requirements: > > 15 million customer bills added monthly. > 5000 customer service terminals, issuing 1 req./terminal every 3 min., > approx. 30 requests per second sustained. > > Future requirements: > 30 million bills added monthly. > 15000 customer service terminals, issuing 1 req./terminal every 3 min., > approx. 90 requests per second sustained. i don't have direct experience with something of this size, but do have a pretty good reference. i've posted this here on the group a number of times, but i'm sure it will get to someone new each time i do! check out http://www.dbintellect.com/archit~1/informix/DBINFRM.HTM this will give you a good idea of what informix can handle. mickm