Let's see, Drupal.org has more than 10 times the nodes plus many more comments. It runs D6 and uses Views. And it is usually fast enough.
Nancy Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. >________________________________ > From: Sam Cohen > > >The client currently has a searchable database of a 115,000 records written in >cold fusion in a separate database on a separate server. > >They would like me to bring it into their Drupal 6 site or at least onto the >same server. > >I can do this in two ways: >1. As a custom module running off it's own db. >2. Or I can make it a content type and use Views for the interface. > >My preference is to just use CCK/Views for maximum flexibility -- but I >question whether or not it's wise to add a 115k records to the node and other >tables and what type of impact this might have on overall site performance. >(Any other downsides?) > >Anyone have any advice/suggestions? If it was your project would you code it >separately or use CCK/Views. >
