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<div>Bram,</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>a little more info would be welcome... how complex is the data, how well-structured the database, how big are the datasets, the needed manipulations before the data is "presentable" (how close do the models relate to the database, and how close do these models relate to the data that needs to be shown)...</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Our experience is, as long as you can optimize the database a bit (correct indexes most of the time), and the models aren't too complex, it is doable. The level of normalisation is also important.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The size of the hardware-boxes is a question we can answer after analysing the dataset/size.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Contact me for more details discussions/meetings/examples/experience/...</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Rgds,</div><div>Bernard</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br><div><div>On 08 Oct 2007, at 09:49, Bram / Mr. Henry wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Arial">Hello,<br> <br> Anyone on track with the development of a API to make<br> the data in a huge database available online using Rails?<br> <br> It’s a rather big client with a very extensive catalogue.<br> Any examples, papers on this topic?<br> <br> Any thoughts on what kind of hardware we need?<br> ( dedicated machine? Security? )<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">groetjes,<br> Bram</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial"> ===================</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">we are </span></font><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"> Mr. Henry<br> </span></font></b><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Arial">i am Bram Plessers<br> <br> world wide web <a href="http://www.mrhenry.be/" title="http://www.mrhenry.be/"><font color="#ff0080" title="http://www.mrhenry.be/"><span title="http://www.mrhenry.be/"><span title="http://www.mrhenry.be/"><span style="color:#FF0080">http://www.mrhenry.be</span></span></span></font></a><br> telephone +32 (0) 3 260 87 52<br> fax +32 (0) 3 260 87 55<br> <br> we live in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Antwerp</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Belgium</st1:country-region></st1:place><br> Juliaan Dillensstraat 54<br> <br> we like </span></font><font size="1" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Arial">sound scapes</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> </o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Brug-talk mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:Brug-talk@rubyforge.org">Brug-talk@rubyforge.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/brug-talk">http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/brug-talk</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>