RE: oracle : The lowdown

[Jeff Warner]

Title: RE: oracle : The lowdown

	Personally, I hate conversions.  I've managed and used Oracle
databases over 4TB with billions of records. The way I figure it, once
I'm up and running on Oracle, I won't worry about the database again. 
I'm sure there are a number of other valid considerations but for my
money, I'll stick with Oracle.

Jeff 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 1/11/00, 3:54:18 PM, "David Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
regarding RE: oracle : The lowdown:


> Jeff Warner wrote:
> >     We were a mySQL shop.  We replaced mySQL with Oracle8i/mod_perl
and
> > and Apache::DBI.  Works great, once it is all setup.  Our overall
> > processing is faster with Oracle too.  The lack of transactions and
> > views put an immediate end of mySQL once we got into the details of
my
> > project.
> >
> >     Oracle is overkill for smaller task but you don't have to worry
about
> > outgrowing it.

> What about PostgreSQL (www.postgresql.org)? It looks like it has
transaction
> management (commit, rollback) with the whole concurrency control
thing. I
> don't know if has views. I've got a small project that I am figuring
on
> using PostgreSQL for, so I'm curious to hear what people might have
to say
> about it.

> Another option to look at is Solid (www.solidtech.com). They just
quoted me
> their Solid Embedded Server (their name for a database server) for
$2,000
> per CPU. I used their database server a few years ago and it was very
nice.
> Back then it cost only $200, too... :-)

>  - David Harris
>    Principal Engineer, DRH Internet Services