Re: Cache vs. Oracle

Cache = Mumps++ (Yes, it used to be called "Mumps". Is that an omen? ;-)

I worked almost four years in a shop where one of the two most critical systems ran on Cache, but I didn't have anything to do with it. The other 40+ production databases were Oracle - those were mine.

My only opinion of Cache is that even their "technical" people are completely full of BS. Once, we had two of them on site for a week on a consulting engagement (tuning). During that time, I heard them telling people how Cache was so much better than Oracle because, among other things, "With Oracle, design and code have nothing to do with performance. Only database tuning by the DBA makes any difference. With Cache, the developer has full control over performance. You don't even need a DBA." Of course, this database was a continual performance nightmare - primarily because the developers "had full control"... and no DBA (they administered it themselves - as per vendor propaganda). Whether Cache is actually capable of decent performance is still a mystery. There were also some other significant issues, but I don't have the details. Be sure that it will actually do what you need before seriously considering it.

Don Granaman
[OraSaurus]

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> Cache? What is cache?
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> Okay, I admit it I am somewhat of an Oracle bigot. Does anyone have
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