[development] 115,000 records -- nodes or custom

[Ms. Nancy Wichmann]

Let's see, Drupal.org has more than 10 times the nodes plus many more comments. It runs D6 and uses Views. And it is usually fast enough.

 
Nancy 
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> From: Sam Cohen
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>The client currently has a searchable database of a 115,000 records written in cold fusion in a separate database on a separate server.  
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>They would like me to bring it into their Drupal 6 site or at least onto the same server. 
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>I can do this in two ways:
>1.   As a custom module running off it's own db.
>2.  Or I can make it a content type and use Views for the interface.  
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>My preference is to just use CCK/Views for maximum flexibility -- but I question whether or not it's wise to add a 115k records to the node and other tables and what type of impact this might have on overall site performance.  (Any other downsides?)
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>Anyone have any advice/suggestions?  If it was your project would you code it separately or use CCK/Views.
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