With just one exception, I have not seen the db's for that type of app since I've generally only worked on new product design. However, if they mirror what...

Our current system is using 4 Quads, and we're not doing TPC-type transactions. There is a huge difference between simple inserts and "select/deletes" and the TPC queries. The...

>>I have built systems in SQL Server that processed more than 2.5 million transactions per hour with DRI. That was on 32 bit hardware and SQL 2000, and the...

I have designed and built a number of large and high transaction rate OLTP systems and have played this both ways. However, my own perf tuning and testing mirrors...