IMPORTANT INFORMATION — Introduction

Re: Introduction

null@example.com (nmrs) — Mon, 21 May 2007 10:12:19 +0000

Thanks for your messages of support. It seems the predicted size of the NMRS dataset may well set a precedence!

Re: Introduction

null@example.com (charlesroper) — Fri, 18 May 2007 19:24:37 +0000

Hi Les, welcome to the forum. :)

Re: Introduction

null@example.com (johnvanbreda) — Fri, 18 May 2007 07:39:10 +0000

Hi Les,

Welcome to the forum (and to Dorset!). I've had datasets running in Recorder 6 of about 2 million observations during testing but I'm not aware of any that are larger than that. Having said that, I'm quite sure the technology platform is quite capable of much larger datasets.

Best Wishes

Re: Introduction

null@example.com (sallyrankin) — Fri, 18 May 2007 07:25:29 +0000

Since Recorder 6 came out Mike Weideli and I have transferred 2 large datasets from Recorder 3 to Recorder 6, amongst others. One was 1.375 million records and another was 1.099 million although I believe there are larger datasets in Recorder 6. If you would like more information please phone me.

Re: Introduction

null@example.com (nmrs) — Thu, 17 May 2007 09:49:32 +0000

Hi all,

This is my first posting to the NBN Forum, therefore firstly I'll introduce myself for those who don't know me. My name is Les Hill and I work for Butterfly Conservation at Lulworth, Dorset as Data Manager of Moths Count, specifically the National Moth Recording Scheme. Previously, I worked for Abbey National at Milton Keynes in one form or another for 16 years, supporting their MS-Windows PC desktop and LAN/WAN infrastructure, the last 7 years specifically for disaster recovery purposes. I'm also a keen moth recorder and until I moved to Dorset I was the honorary vice-county macro-moth recorder for Bedfordshire. I have some experience with Recorder since R2000.

For the new scheme I've chosen networked Recorder 6; however, I'm waiting for the imminent release of v6.10 which supports an installation directly onto SQL Server 2005. The database it is estimated will contain ~18 million macro-moth records with an annual increment of ~1 million records (probably an over-estimate!) The dataset will in due course be uploaded in stages to the NBN Gateway. The scheme also intends to use GIS extensively.

Are there any members of the forum who have similar-sized datasets? I would be pleased to hear of your experiences.

Best wishes,
Les.