Best Approach for Storing Large Amount of Information in Simulation Using Class Objects

[rkaczano]

I have created a custom class (clsObject). I have also created a custom collection class for that object (clsObjects).

I expect to create up to 500 instances of clsObject. They will added to the Collection clsObjects. I then want to store the value or one or more of the properties for each instance of clsObject as it changes in a time based simulation outside of the class module in a standard module. For one of the properties, I expect 10,000 values per instance per time period and there could be up to 25 periods. And as noted, I may be doing this for multiple variables and multiple instances of that custom object.

For Example for 1 Property Data Point:
500 instances * 10,000 data changes = 5.000,000 data points per time period, and
500 instances * 10,000 data changes * 25 period = 125,000,000 data points over entire simulation.

Questions:

1) Where is the best place to store this data:
a) as an array of values in a new property of clsObject,
b) an array of values in in clsObjects, or
c) or transferring all the data as it is created in clsObject to a Public collection or Public dictionary in loop in the simulation sub routine.

Note I may need to access some of this data during each time period and potentially in subsequent time periods during the simulation.

Thanks