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!
>
>

Let me guess, telco?

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