[consulting] Question about using Drupal for large searchable database

[Sam Cohen]

Thanks everyone.  This was all really helpful.

Sorry if I wasn't clear.  I'm not look for a "how to," as much as any
concerns I need to consider on doing this in Drupal verses outside Drupal.
Sounds like the main consideration is search performance, but otherwise,
adding that many nodes to a site shouldn't have any negative consequences?

Sam


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On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Steve Purkiss <steve at purkiss.com> wrote:

> You could always try a support channel on IRC:
> http://drupal.org/irc
>
> In the mean time, check out:
>
> http://drupal.org/project/migrate
>
> ...and...
>
> http://drupal.org/project/feeds
>
> On 1 May 2012 14:25, Sam Cohen <sam at samcohen.com> wrote:
> > This list has sure gone quiet lately.  Is everyone just so busy with
> work?
> >
> > (Sorry if this isn't the place to ask this.  If anyone knows a better
> place,
> > please advise. )
> >
> > A client of mine with a Drupal site I inherited wants to bring in a very
> > large database into their site.  It's basically over 200,000
> > genealogical/cemetery records that need to be searchable by users.   I'm
> > struggling over whether to do it (1) as a custom module, with it's own
> > separate database or (2) to do it with views/content type and node
> import.
> > The client also needs to be able to edit the records through the site.
> >
> > The latter approach would be quicker to set up, but I worry that it would
> > bloat the site, potentially cause performance issues, and perhaps other
> > problems I'm not thinking about.
> >
> > It's a D6 site for a relatively small nonprofit without a lot of traffic.
> >
> > How would you handle it?  Custom module or content type/Views?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sam
> >
> > Sam Cohen, Principal
> > New Media Solutions
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