Hi Bob,
we've used SAPDB as the database backend for web applications in production for about 2 years. DBA work necessary is minimal (basically run software updates from time to time, add another devspace if the existing ones are full) and the tools make these tasks trivial. The database has been rockstable (not a single failure in months uptime) until we ran into rather strange problems with memory leaks (see list archives and use my email address as a search term) about 2 months ago. We still haven't resolved the problem but suspect it's something rather strange with our system setup or the way we use the database because the problem has not been reported by anyone else. So IMHO, you should run stresstests with sapdb and your application and if you don't run into any problems use it for production. Regards, Robert On Sunday 24 November 2002 03:40, bob acker wrote: > Hello SAP list folks -- > > I have successfully installed SAP DB 7.3 and the 7.4 database tools and > played around a bit with some data manipulation. > > I would like to use SAPDB as our web database of choice -- but my partner > is concerned about its reliability -- and the amount of dba time/effort > needed to keep it running. He feels no one is going to pay us to baby sit > a web database, and reliability (especially in this economy) is extremely > important. The darn thing should just run. > > So my questions are addressed to folks who are using SAPDB in production > and perhaps stressing it a bit. > > How reliable is the product? Does it fail? If so, where? Does it require > DBA work to keep it running? If so, what work (I'm not talking about > adding users -- but DBA work necessary to keep the product functioning). > > If there are success stories out there -- I'd like to hear them. My > partner wants to use MySQL (reliable & fast -- but limited functionality > for example -- no views, no stored procs)... > > I'd like to use something more powerful with more features (I'm not crazy > about using C as the stored proc language -- but its nice to have views). > > So if you all can share your experiences -- as to reliability or the amount > of DBA load needed to keep it running -- it would be much appreciated. > > Thanks! > > Bob Acker > Mead, Colorado, USA. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
