Drupal.org is also running on a cluster of servers that have been scaled over a longer period of time by people that know what they're doing. On Mar 8, 2012 8:08 AM, "Ms. Nancy Wichmann" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > >
