<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Greetings,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We are planning to use LON-CAPA to do
some placement testing in mathematics for incoming students. My question
is in regard to processing course statistics and charts for large numbers
of students and the potential this may have for increased load on the server
and possible performance issues. We are running two servers (1 library
/ 1 access).</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">There will be approximately 1500-2000
students who eventually take the placement test (essentially this number
of students is enrolled in a single L-C course). I'm wondering about what
the conventional wisdom is out there for running stat reports to obtain
grades for 1500+ students at once? We've never run this number of students
before and are curious about processing time to generate reports...any
thoughts? Also, what impact might the frequent running of these report
have on performance?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Insights, feedback and suggestions most
appreciated. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Best regards,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">~Jeff</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Jeffrey S. Nugent<br>
Center for Teaching Excellence<br>
Virginia Commonwealth University<br>
Ph (804) 827-0563, Fax (804) 827-0837<br>
http://www.vcu.edu/cte</font>