Re: Database or store to handle 30 Mb/sec and 40,000 inserts/sec

From: David Cressey <dcressey_at_verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:00:24 GMT
Message-ID: <s3lGf.50$Sb.7@trndny04>

"paul c" <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> wrote in message news:Kk3Gf.580621$ki.6168_at_pd7tw2no...
> uspensky_at_gmail.com wrote:

> > Average data rate - 30 megabits/sec.
> > Max # inserts - 40,000 records/sec.

> are you sure those rates are right? (i find it hard to believe that a
> single option exchange, let alone six is doing 40,000/6*3,600 =
> something like 21 million inserts in an hour!)

If an infinite number of monkeys were clicking on an infinite number of hyperlinks, somebody would be trying to capture all the clicks in a database. The internet isn't quite there yet, but we're close! Received on Wed Feb 08 2006 - 06:00:24 CST