NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: ANDREAS M. ANTONOPOULOS ON THE DATA CENTER 11/09/04 Today's focus: Open source databases growing up
Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED], In this issue: * Open source databases start to gain capabilities of ��proprietary databases * Links related to Data Center * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by SBC Gimme Shelter! Converged Services Spell Relief For Beleaguered Network Managers Switched IP networks are rapidly becoming the corporate communications architecture of choice. By converging voice, data and video onto IP telephony platforms and Virtual Private Networks, enterprises can supply bandwidth when and where end users need it, while significantly lowering administrative and equipment costs. Click here to download this Whitepaper now http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88024 _______________________________________________________________ WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE NEW DATA CENTER? Sign up for Network World's Data Center Newsletter in which Johna Till Johnson and the team at Nemertes Research will provide an ongoing assessment of current data center business drivers and future trends; concrete advice and guidance for IT executives seeking to consolidate data centers, improve disaster recovery, and deploy virtualization techniques. Click here to subscribe: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=87878 _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Open source databases growing up By Andreas M. Antonopoulos Open source software has made significant inroads into many enterprise data centers. IT managers have seen the licensing cost savings, and flexibility, scalability and reliability of open source applications, and have responded with increasingly rapid adoption. Applications such as Web serving, DNS, e-mail, and file and print serving are deployed as open source software running on open source operating systems. However, open source has made fewer gains in the database server market. Here, vendors such as Oracle (with Oracle 9i RAC) and IBM (with DB2) offer databases which are proprietary (closed-source), but which can run on Linux. Data-center adoption of open source databases such as MySQL and Postgress has been limited to the fringes of the enterprise: the open source databases have been primarily deployed for small, special-purpose applications like supporting a simple portal. IT managers have not adopted open source databases for broad, mission-critical purposes because they lack the following enterprise-class capabilities: * Clustering - the ability to run a database application on a ��cluster of servers for load-balancing and failover purposes. * Real-time backup and snapshot features - the ability to create ��a real-time snapshot of data for backup or comparison purposes ��without stopping the application. * Sophisticated stored procedures - the ability to create and ��run pre-compiled and optimized SQL "procedures" that can perform ��common database tasks very efficiently. * Scalability - support for extremely large data sets and ��support for 64-bit computing architectures are prerequisites for ��some enterprise-class applications. * Triggers and views - advanced database features that simplify ��software development and maintenance. * Vendor support - while many open source application vendors ��offer support, they cannot necessarily offer global support with ��sufficient resources for a large enterprise. However, these barriers to adoption are gradually disappearing. Many features of enterprise-class proprietary databases are appearing in open source competitors. MySQL AB, the maker of the popular MySQL database, is currently developing new features such as stored procedures, views and clustering, fully intending to narrow the gap between proprietary and open source offerings. Furthermore, last week Computer Associates announced the release of the Ingres r3 database under an open source license. Ingres r3 already has features that are in a comparable class to mainstays of the enterprise database market, such as the Oracle 9i database. Ingres r3 provides clustering support, 64-bit platform support, and parallel query support. Taken together with CA's proven ability to support enterprise customers, and the wide availability of Ingres-related skills and expertise, Ingres offers a very competitive alternative to proprietary databases for mission-critical applications. Open source databases are likely to see the same rapid rate of adoption enjoyed by other open source applications. The advantages in terms of cost and operational flexibility make open source databases very appealing to IT data center managers and application developers. But the biggest fan of open source databases is likely to be your CFO. RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS CA's open source Ingres r3 http://opensource.ca.com/projects/ingres/ Oracle's 10g http://www.nwfusion.com/nldatacenter815 MySQL open source database http://www.mysql.com/products/ _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Andreas M. Antonopoulos Andreas M. Antonopoulos is principal research analyst at Nemertes Research. He can be reached at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by SBC Gimme Shelter! Converged Services Spell Relief For Beleaguered Network Managers Switched IP networks are rapidly becoming the corporate communications architecture of choice. By converging voice, data and video onto IP telephony platforms and Virtual Private Networks, enterprises can supply bandwidth when and where end users need it, while significantly lowering administrative and equipment costs. Click here to download this Whitepaper now http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88023 _______________________________________________________________ ARCHIVE LINKS Archive of the Data Center newsletter: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/datacenter/index.html Data Center research center: http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/datacenter.html _______________________________________________________________ FEATURED READER RESOURCE NEW! Website dedicated to Networking for Small Business now available The editors of NW Fusion and PC World have combined all their expert advice, authority, and know-how into a powerful new tool for small businesses, the new Networking for Small Business website. Get news, how-to's, product reviews, and expert advice specifically tailored to your small business needs. Find help with Security, Broadband, Networking, Hardware, Software, and Wireless & Mobile technology at: <http://www.networkingsmallbusiness.com/> _______________________________________________________________ May We Send You a Free Print Subscription? You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered at your fingertips each day. Now, extend your knowledge by receiving 51 FREE issues to our print publication. Apply today at http://www.subscribenw.com/nl2 International subscribers click here : http://nww1.com/go/circ_promo.html _______________________________________________________________ SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World e-mail newsletters, go to: <http://www.nwwsubscribe.com/Changes.aspx> To unsubscribe from promotional e-mail go to: <http://www.nwwsubscribe.com/Preferences.aspx> To change your e-mail address, go to: <http://www.nwwsubscribe.com/ChangeMail.aspx> Subscription questions? Contact Customer Service by replying to this message. This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please use this address when modifying your subscription. _______________________________________________________________ Have editorial comments? Write Jeff Caruso, Newsletter Editor, at: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Inquiries to: NL Customer Service, Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 For advertising information, write Kevin Normandeau, V.P. of Online Development, at: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copyright Network World, Inc., 2004 ------------------------ This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
