Interesting subject! I think I'm in Brian's camp on this one -- scalability is most dependent on application system and its architecture -- of which the database system is a critical component.
I'm wondering where n-tier applications fit into this discussion. I don't think it's a stretch to say that the architecture of most MV applications is at best a 2-tier design... and the client tier tends to be very thin. With such a design, it seems reasonable to say that for a well designed 2-tier application, the performance characteristics and capability of the database system to use available hardware resources are significant factors. What little bit I know about n-tier architecture tells me the database system is a scalability factor, but the addition of other components in the application needed to coordinate application functionality across the various tiers plays a HUGE role. Well designed applications that can scale by adding systems seems like a powerful notion. But, just like the 2-tier application, scalability is still dependent on the capability of the overall application design (including its third-party components) and its capable to use the available hardware resources. N-tier seems like scalability Nirvana to me -- though very difficult to achieve. Are there highly scalable n-tier applications using Universe, Unidata, jBASE, etc? Tom Firl Columbia Ultimate > -----Original Message----- > From: Dawn M. Wolthuis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 6:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How far can U2 scale? > > > At what point in the life of application software would it be > so large that > you could not (or would not want to) support it with your > existing UniData > or UniVerse database? > > Is there a point where you would be better served by DB2 or > Oracle, for > example due to the scale you are working with? > > I hear people talk about moving way from U2 in order to do > ODBC and use > standard industry tools (and most find that the grass is not > greener for > those purposes), but I don't hear about switching because of > running into > scaling issues. However, we sometimes think of PICK as addressing > small-to-mid size businesses and RDBMS folks sometimes think of their > products as scaling the best. > > So, what's the cut-off for U2? Thanks. --dawn > > Dawn M. Wolthuis > Tincat Group, Inc. > www.tincat-group.com > > Take and give some delight today. > > > > -- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
