At 12:11 PM 8/26/2005, Jordan Miller wrote:
I was just wondering what is the maximum number of records that can
be successfully handled with a db. any db will do. it doesn't have to
be the fastest or best, just one that can hold the maximum number of
records and still be able to interact well
i am talking about individual records, not putting all records into a
very long string, if that's what you are saying. i know people
routinely use millions of records... but how about billions or more?
Jordan
On Aug 26, 2005, at 10:29 AM, Miles Thompson wrote:
At 12:11 PM 8/26/2005,
Perhaps you misunderstood what Miles wrote...never mind eh?
Go here for example: http://www.mysql.com/why-mysql/ - found that in
about 6 secs...
raz
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like i said, billions are possible, but it becomes more of hardware issue,
disk space, network availability etc
bastien
From: Jordan Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Miles Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: php-db@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] maximum number of records in a db?
Date: Fri, 26
It kinda depends on the load placed on the db. Large chunks of data in the
db (like images or other files like video, pdf etc) can slow the system
down.
There are many databases running with over 50Million rows of data in a
table. But at a certain level, its as much hardware and network
