Re: Re: Re: system design for big numbers

2008-08-26 Thread tom
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Re: Re: system design for big numbers

2008-08-26 Thread tom
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Re: system design for big numbers

2008-08-26 Thread Otis Gospodnetic
Giovanni, You could try the approach you described - one index per user. When I built Simpy (see http://simpy.com ) a few years ago I chose the same approach and I never regretted it. The hardware behind Simpy is very modest, usage is high, and I never had problems with too many indices open