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sclitheroe · 01-16-2012, 08:13 PM

Re-reading this, I'd say you probably need more than just database advice. At 48,000 clients and close to 100k records in an Access DB, you should have been looking at something else a long time ago. Not to be snarky about it, but its a warning signal that you don't have an IT strategy, and there are probably lots of other skeletons in the IT closet that you haven't fully dealt with, the database being perhaps least among them.

How is the rest of your IT infrastructure looking? It sounds to me like it warrants a bigger picture look before running out and getting a DB guy, to help you focus in on what your real needs are in the immediate future and longer term as your organization continues to grow.

01-16-2012, 08:13 PM	#10
sclitheroe #1 Goaltender Join Date: Sep 2005 Exp:	Re-reading this, I'd say you probably need more than just database advice. At 48,000 clients and close to 100k records in an Access DB, you should have been looking at something else a long time ago. Not to be snarky about it, but its a warning signal that you don't have an IT strategy, and there are probably lots of other skeletons in the IT closet that you haven't fully dealt with, the database being perhaps least among them. How is the rest of your IT infrastructure looking? It sounds to me like it warrants a bigger picture look before running out and getting a DB guy, to help you focus in on what your real needs are in the immediate future and longer term as your organization continues to grow. __________________ -Scott Last edited by sclitheroe; 01-16-2012 at 08:15 PM.