a few thousand or more is practical, it depends on what the data is, if the data is inherently non-relational (a master parts list, a user list, a bunch of logg

a few thousand or more is practical, it depends on what the data is, if the data is inherently non-relational (a master parts list, a user list, a bunch of logged data points) then all is well, it breaks down based on how big the data set is.. and what the dataset is.