[ic] Scalable

[Ed LaFrance]

At 04:46 PM 3/15/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>I read that Interchange is optimized for only around 100 items.  I was
>wondering if it can scale any higher with an external database (ie MySQL, or
>Oracle).  Or has anyone seen corruption, or performance problems with more
>than 100 items in a catalog despite an external database.  I hope this all
>makes sense, thnx.

That statement really refers to the foundation demo, not IC itself. I have 
run over 25,000 products on a built-for-speed catalog using the default 
gdbm databases (please not all - I am NOT recommending this, just giving an 
example), and using a more robust database engine like one of the xSQL's 
which is supported, you can do much more.  Of course you have to consider 
the performance of the server as a whole as traffic increases.

- Ed L.


===============================================================
New Media E.M.S.               Software Solutions for Business
463 Main St., Suite D          eCommerce | Consulting | Hosting
Placerville, CA  95667         edl@newmediaems.com
(530) 622-9421                 http://www.newmediaems.com
(866) 519-4680 Toll-Free       (530) 622-9426 Fax
===============================================================