title: Mysql capacity to handle billions of rows
body: <p>I have this machine: Core 2 CPU 6600, 4GB, 64 bit system, Windows VISTA.</p>
  
  <p>I am designing a system with 10 billion rows, this table has a foreign key to another table, which should contains 10x10 billion rows. Normally, I just do insert into two tables. I don't usually do joins.</p>
  
  <p>I don't need user-facing real time performance. I wonder if mysql can handle this size with stability and reasonable performance.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks a lot</p>