How big is too big?

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September 24th, 2003, 09:19 PM

Roswell

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How big is too big?

I running an access database and using the JET driver but I've been told its slow and sucks for larger databases or databases that get a lot of traffic. But my question is when is too big and when should I update to a better database.

My page doesn't get more than maybe 10 people connected simultaniously. Should I upgrade after 1,000 maybe 10,000 records?

Any help would be great. Thanks

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September 24th, 2003, 10:45 PM

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For the most part, it's the number of simultaneous connections that is the limiting factor not the db size, and the problem is not really Access but rather the single-threaded Access ADO drivers that eat too many server resources.

10+ simultaneous users is a good rule-of-thumb point to start considering an alternative.

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