How to I process one million hits a minute?
owkaye: TOPIC: CUSTOM DATABASE STRUCTURE IN RAM?ig1 said: "I've worked on a number of high volume systems (million+ client interactions/minute), and you don't want a conventional database. Either use a custom data-structure to keep it in memory (even if it's across multiple machines) or if you really want to use a database use one thats designed for that kind of usage (think tickerplant databases, kx, etc.)"my reply: Others have suggested similar alternatives to using a traditional database program, and right now I'm tempted to learn more about doing this -- unless someone can tell me why I shouldn't?By the way, I've never heard of ticker plant db's before but I'll look into them if others think they may provide an even better soution than a custom coded C application.  For those of you who have used ticker plans db's, what do you think of their use in my situation?