UUID as decimal number

[Ocean West]

 Instead of using UUID is it possible to use to UUID as a decimal number?

is there any performance increase by reducing  the indexes  and speed any synchronizations?

[Josh Ormond]

From what I've used of it so far, yes there is a performance benefit. I don't think it's noticeable most of the time. But in larger files, I'm sure the difference is more noticeable. Especially when you are collecting IDs.

In actual testing, I've found under the load I'm using a 5-10% performance boost. ( this is hitting a server that is 1500 miles away )

[Jesse Barnum]

I really don't know the answer to this one, so I'm going with Josh :-)