RE: an article comparing Oracle to other databases

2003-11-30 Thread Pete Sharman
Well, there are plenty of objective detailed comparisons on www.oracle.com!
:))

Pete
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I have yet to see an objective, detailed comparison of Oracle, DB2 and SQL
Server.  From a technical (i.e. what can it do) as well as from an
organisational (i.e. how is it to manage) point of view.

Even 3rd party think tanks seem to walk on egg shells when evaluating
software from major vendors, possibly to avoid alienating any of them.

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Re: an article comparing Oracle to other databases

2003-11-28 Thread Tanel Poder
 And since we all know that memory accesses are
 ~14k times faster than disk, these benchmarks
 just drive the point home.

Of course you talk about raw memory access vs. raw disk access here...
When you have several memory protection and disk caching mechanisms these
figures will change..

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Re: an article comparing Oracle to other databases

2003-11-28 Thread Jared Still
Perhaps you missed the sarcasm in my response.

On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 03:14, Tanel Poder wrote:
  And since we all know that memory accesses are
  ~14k times faster than disk, these benchmarks
  just drive the point home.
 
 Of course you talk about raw memory access vs. raw disk access here...
 When you have several memory protection and disk caching mechanisms these
 figures will change..
 
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Re: an article comparing Oracle to other databases

2003-11-28 Thread Mladen Gogala
Well, all of those benchmarks could be summarized in a single sentence:
Oracle is the best, ite missa est.
On 11/28/2003 12:19:25 PM, Jared Still wrote:
 Perhaps you missed the sarcasm in my response.
 
 On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 03:14, Tanel Poder wrote:
   And since we all know that memory accesses are
   ~14k times faster than disk, these benchmarks
   just drive the point home.
  
  Of course you talk about raw memory access vs. raw disk access here...
  When you have several memory protection and disk caching mechanisms these
  figures will change..
  
  Tanel.
  
  
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RE: an article comparing Oracle to other databases

2003-11-28 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Patrice - By technical, do you mean a feature comparison or a performance
comparison. You might want to research the eWeek benchmark for the three a
couple of years ago. They made extensive efforts to produce an objective
performance analysis, but even at that they had another article later about
the things they had overlooked. These are really complex, sophisticated
products that are used in really complex, sophisticated ways at a wide
variety of sites, so I think it is very difficult to say anything that
applies to many situations.
   On a perverse note, it is interesting to note that almost every
deficiency can be viewed from a different perspective. SQL Server has a
reputation for costing less, which means many corporations view it as
cheap. Oracle has a reputation of being harder to manage, which may mean
that Oracle DBA salaries are a little higher. 

Dennis Williams
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I have yet to see an objective, detailed comparison of Oracle, DB2 and SQL
Server.  From a technical (i.e. what can it do) as well as from an
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Even 3rd party think tanks seem to walk on egg shells when evaluating
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Re: an article comparing Oracle to other databases

2003-11-27 Thread Ryan
where do they get these 'speed' indicators from? the article says that ibm
is faster than oracle?
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Re: an article comparing Oracle to other databases

2003-11-27 Thread Jared Still
So is MySQL, supposedly.

These things are usually very subjective, and rarely objective.

Jared

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 where do they get these 'speed' indicators from? the article says that ibm
 is faster than oracle?
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  I have yet to see an objective, detailed comparison of Oracle, DB2 and SQL
  Server.  From a technical (i.e. what can it do) as well as from an
  organisational (i.e. how is it to manage) point of view.
 
  Even 3rd party think tanks seem to walk on egg shells when evaluating
  software from major vendors, possibly to avoid alienating any of them.
 
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Re: an article comparing Oracle to other databases

2003-11-27 Thread Ryan
i keep hearing that mysql is fast, but have never seen one benchmark. people
just assume its true. In what sense? what conditions?
Around 400 BC Aristotle stated that heavy objects fall faster than light
objects. It wasnt until the 15th century that someone actually tried to test
it... they just assumed it was true.
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 So is MySQL, supposedly.

 These things are usually very subjective, and rarely objective.

 Jared

 On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 08:49, Ryan wrote:
  where do they get these 'speed' indicators from? the article says that
ibm
  is faster than oracle?
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   I have yet to see an objective, detailed comparison of Oracle, DB2 and
SQL
   Server.  From a technical (i.e. what can it do) as well as from an
   organisational (i.e. how is it to manage) point of view.
  
   Even 3rd party think tanks seem to walk on egg shells when
evaluating
   software from major vendors, possibly to avoid alienating any of them.
  
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Re: an article comparing Oracle to other databases

2003-11-27 Thread Jared Still

Speed is relative.

In the early 20th century Henry Ford built a fast car.

It had an ~1100 cubic inch engine, and would go over 100 MPH.

No seatbelts, no roll cage, open gearing ( oil and grease everywhere),
no roof, and nearly useless brakes.

You could go fast, but would you want to?

Jared

On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 12:04, Ryan wrote:
 i keep hearing that mysql is fast, but have never seen one benchmark. people
 just assume its true. In what sense? what conditions?
 Around 400 BC Aristotle stated that heavy objects fall faster than light
 objects. It wasnt until the 15th century that someone actually tried to test
 it... they just assumed it was true.
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  So is MySQL, supposedly.
 
  These things are usually very subjective, and rarely objective.
 
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  On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 08:49, Ryan wrote:
   where do they get these 'speed' indicators from? the article says that
 ibm
   is faster than oracle?
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I have yet to see an objective, detailed comparison of Oracle, DB2 and
 SQL
Server.  From a technical (i.e. what can it do) as well as from an
organisational (i.e. how is it to manage) point of view.
   
Even 3rd party think tanks seem to walk on egg shells when
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Re: an article comparing Oracle to other databases

2003-11-27 Thread Stephane Faroult
Jared,

It is no longer MySQL the hot product. You have 9,000 times faster
than Oracle

 http://www.prevayler.org/wiki.jsp?topic=ScalabilityTestResults

  got there from a link on Fabian Pascal's site. You can guess he is
unimpressed ;-) ...

 You can get any answer indeed. Just ask the question which matches the
answer you want.

Stephane Faroult


Jared Still wrote:
 
 So is MySQL, supposedly.
 
 These things are usually very subjective, and rarely objective.
 
 Jared
 
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  where do they get these 'speed' indicators from? the article says that ibm
  is faster than oracle?
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   I have yet to see an objective, detailed comparison of Oracle, DB2 and SQL
   Server.  From a technical (i.e. what can it do) as well as from an
   organisational (i.e. how is it to manage) point of view.
  
   Even 3rd party think tanks seem to walk on egg shells when evaluating
   software from major vendors, possibly to avoid alienating any of them.
  
   Patrice.
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RE: an article comparing Oracle to other databases

2003-11-27 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I tried MySQL at home... there don't seem to be any user-friendly tools for
it.  I like user-friendly.  grin

I am curious about SleepyCat as a replacement for Access, could I use that
with OpenOffice I wonder.

Patrice.

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i keep hearing that mysql is fast, but have never seen one benchmark. people
just assume its true. In what sense? what conditions?
Around 400 BC Aristotle stated that heavy objects fall faster than light
objects. It wasnt until the 15th century that someone actually tried to test
it... they just assumed it was true.
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 So is MySQL, supposedly.

 These things are usually very subjective, and rarely objective.

 Jared

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  where do they get these 'speed' indicators from? the article says that
ibm
  is faster than oracle?
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SQL
   Server.  From a technical (i.e. what can it do) as well as from an
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   Even 3rd party think tanks seem to walk on egg shells when
evaluating
   software from major vendors, possibly to avoid alienating any of them.
  
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Re: an article comparing Oracle to other databases

2003-11-27 Thread Jared Still
Yes, I saw that when it first appeared on /.

Seems some bright programmers are trying to 
dispense with databases altogether.  Keep it
in memory and write it to disk occasionally for
backup.

And since we all know that memory accesses are
~14k times faster than disk, these benchmarks
just drive the point home.


On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 12:39, Stephane Faroult wrote:
 Jared,
 
 It is no longer MySQL the hot product. You have 9,000 times faster
 than Oracle
 
  http://www.prevayler.org/wiki.jsp?topic=ScalabilityTestResults
 
   got there from a link on Fabian Pascal's site. You can guess he is
 unimpressed ;-) ...
 
  You can get any answer indeed. Just ask the question which matches the
 answer you want.
 
 Stephane Faroult
 
 
 Jared Still wrote:
  
  So is MySQL, supposedly.
  
  These things are usually very subjective, and rarely objective.
  
  Jared
  
  On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 08:49, Ryan wrote:
   where do they get these 'speed' indicators from? the article says that ibm
   is faster than oracle?
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