Specifications

LinkageWiz Data Matching Software

Specifications

LinkageWiz Specifications

LinkageWiz Specifications

Maximum number of records per table (data matching):	Approximately 4-5 million records (Enterprise version required).
Maximum number of records per table (duplicate analysis):	Approximately 3-4 million records (Enterprise version required).
Maximum Database Size:	2 Gigabytes.

System Requirements

Minimum:	Pentium PC with 64 Mb of RAM.
Recommended:	Pentium III with at least 128Mb RAM or higher.
Operating System:	Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server, Vista

One or more data files containing several patient identification fields. These can be configured in the Linkage Variables Definition screen. Supported file formats include text (fixed and delimited), MS Excel, MS Access, FoxPro and DBASE.

Languages

LinkageWiz is available in English and French language versions. Names from non-English speaking countries (e.g. Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia) will be processed correctly if they have been stored using the roman character set (e.g. A-Z).

Requests for other languages will be considered upon application.

Performance

The following times were recorded using a Pentium 4 1.6GHz PC with 256Mb of RAM. Phonetic family name and date of birth were used as blocking variables (except where otherwise stated).

Deduplication

Number of Records in Table	Elapsed Time	Number of Record Comparisons
10,000	30 seconds	20,000
100,000	4 minutes	2 million
250,000	15 minutes	13 million
500,000	45 minutes	50 million
1,000,000	4.5 hours	180 million

Data Matching

Number of Records in 1st Table	Number of Records in 2nd Table	Elapsed Time	Number of Record Comparisons
1,000	10,000	10 seconds	3,000
1,000	100,000	15 seconds	20,000
1,000	1,000,000	7 minutes	200,000
10,000	1,000,000	29 minutes	2 million
5,000	700,000	2.5 minutes	450,000*
12,000	3,000,000	1.5 hours	1.1 million*

* Linkage undertaken using blocking variables of Date of Birth, Medicare Card Number and Unique Identifier on a Pentium 4 1.8GHz PC with 256 Mb RAM.

Processing times may vary according to the data set characteristics, the number of linkage fields used and the computer specifications.