[comp.databases] Seeking database solutions / help!

awinkler@zodiac.ADS.COM (Adam Winkler) (09/01/89)

Looking for a database that can handle 2200 Megbytes of data in the format 
after this note. The would like to run off either Mac, 386 PC, or Sun. The
reporting and the user interface does not have to be complex. About
400k is going to be added to the database per day (so database should
be able to import and export in ASCII).

If you have any suggestions about what database will work, please send
me information (including phone numbers and your experience) directly
to me as I am not on the net.

Gary Kremen (89.kremen@gsb-how.stanford.edu)

transaction =
RECORD 
	pid_number : STRING[6];
	transaction_type : CHAR;
	number_of_transactions : STING[3]
END;

number of transactions = 4500
number of stores = 4000

transactions : transaction
monthly_update : ARRAY[1..number_of_transactions] of transactions;
one_store_history : array[1..12] of monthly_update;
all_data : array [1..number_of_stores] of one_store_history
end;


Estimate of each record size in the future is 9-11 characters.
Estimated number of records will be 4,500 (average).
Estimated number of stores is 4,000.
6 - 12 Months historical might be needed.
Estimate of storage requirements of entire data base is 10 * 4k * 4.5K * 12=