Folks From a presentation to Management Perspective need the following:- What are the limiting factors to scalability from the Database perspective & how can they be addressed? Some Examples:- * Data model (e.g. inappropriate Driving table or index, Large tables that are not partitioned) * architecture (e.g. inappropriate design) Additionally What are the limiting factors to scalability from an Application perspective & how they can be addressed? Some Examples:- * Architecture * Constraints of the development toolset * Inefficient usage of Machine resources by Batch Jobs * Inability to stream parts of a batch job * Common application service causing a bottleneck * Network traffic between app and DB server NOTE - Ours is a Banking Product (Hybrid nature of Transactions) Cheers **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS***