They may be up more often but you have more network hops and more breaking points. If you put your Database outside the internal network, I think net result would be a less reliable RDBMS
Adam On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Salesforce and Netsuite both have a web services API. I am trying to > > gauge impacts involved with switching from a system that uses ODBC to a > > cloud based system. If a web service is faster and/or more reliable > > than ODBC, then that helps me to make a case for the cloud. > > I doubt it'll be either. Web services are an abstraction layer between > applications and databases. However, hosting your databases in the > cloud may make those databases more reliable. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325808 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
