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[yknot7]

Hi -

I am looking at alternate technologies to solve this -

1) Multiple user computers send me information from my program that runs on their computer every couple of seconds
2) I need to match it to similar data that other users have relayed in the last 3 minutes and if it matches send both users a notification
3) when i receive new information from the user it needs to clear the old information and do the same for the new information.

I need something that is instantaneous and constantly runs for over 100,000 users.

Any suggestion will be helpful

Thanks and regards

[WingedPanther]

Start by defining "similar". I know that sounds trite, but you haven't defined it at all.

[yknot7]

WingedPanther said:

Start by defining "similar". I know that sounds trite, but you haven't defined it at all.

Similar is a number that is generated by the program and keeps changing constantly

Thanks

[WingedPanther]

Unfortunately, that's not a definition. What's the data coming in, and how do you measure "similarity"? Depending on the type of data you're receiving, it could be anything from the number of characters that are the same, to the natural log of the difference between the numeric values sent.