I have to say that I agree with this for a few different reasons (besides the issues of size, performance and stability that you mention below).
For us, the tool sets used for managing and backing up SAP DB/MAX DB have been very weak. That paired with the lack of available training, a help site that is not conducive to understanding the product, and the total lack of any kind of external publications (books, newsletters, etc.) is leading us to look at Oracle as a possible replacement for our current installations. I hate to sound disparaging, but this is the experience we have had (we are a Linux shop that manages several installations of both MySQL and PostgreSQL). Thanks, J. Haynes Helena, MT On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 18:19 +0100, Robert Klemme wrote: > 2005/12/12, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > List Members and SAPDB folk, > > > > > > > > We are currently working with a customer on a data warehouse in the range of > > 1 to 4TB in size. I would like to recommend SAPDB / MAXDB as an > > alternative to Oracle. Can anyone give me some real life instances with > > databases in this size range? How does SAPDB stack up against Oracle in > > such instances? > > We do not have experience with MaxDB in TB area. From what I know > with smaller databases I would not trade in an Oracle for MaxDB. My > reasons: > > - MaxDB uses up disk space significantly faster than Oracle (twice as > fast for our app) > > - MaxDB is significantly slower (seconds vs. hours for some queries) > > - We recently stepped into erros that had me start questioning the > reliability of MaxDB. > > YMMV though. > > Kind regards > > robert > -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
