David Johnson wrote:

> A real transaction count for a non-hypothetical large system (not
> firebird): 1.2 million database transactions per hour (8000 per second),
> 24x7.
>
> I am aware of several systems that are 4 to 8 times as heavily used as
> this particular one.
>
> That's 149 days!
>
>

I am not familiar with large used systems...

But I wonder a disk system that could handle such load....

I could not imagine how expensive it is :-)

For me the 32 bits will long for some years with easy ;-)

see you !

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Alexandre Benson Smith
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