From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Sat May 7 01:18:26 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j476IP9Z027970 for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 01:18:25 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j476IE4Z027947 for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 01:18:16 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 8BDF2191431; Sat, 7 May 2005 00:15:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13032-03; Sat, 7 May 2005 00:15:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 0BA36191516; Sat, 7 May 2005 00:15:03 -0500 (EST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=KWNOiL3KxAPY7btRUDbCGw3qIy+5wHXlKZBl+heY3K3vCsL2c0d9nEtiOqVLuDCYpcR/5hl95WUpbozFpo+dG+hqsUu5AstF1uDWyz/WqUAzhODdG0fKzI+JFbmAFXh2knWg8gXuOhQ6dhVLJiFIb/XeAD6NJ6ANSW6Lh7BIHD4= Message-ID: Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 01:13:10 -0400 From: mhthomas To: DGoulet@vicr.com Subject: Re: Oracle alternatives Cc: spikey.mcmarbles@gmail.com, Oracle-L Freelists In-Reply-To: <4001DEAF7DF9BD498B58B45051FBEA65027C0CAA@25exch1.vicorpower.vicr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4001DEAF7DF9BD498B58B45051FBEA65027C0CAA@25exch1.vicorpower.vicr.com> X-archive-position: 19417 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: qnxodba@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: qnxodba@gmail.com X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=ham version=2.63 Hi, On 5/4/05, Goulet, Dick wrote: > Greg, >=20 > Not a bad choice. There's also the "Linux Database Bible" from > www.hungryminds.com which got me started. The PostGreSql software is > available, for free, from www.postgresql.org along with the mega page > documentation in pdf format. And if your into supporting multiple > databases you might find WinSql form > http://www.synametrics.com/SynametricsWebApp/WinSQL.jsp very useful. I > do. >=20 1) There is an article on Postgres replication in the current issue (June 2005) of Linux Journal, "Database Replication with Slony-l", and I wonder if you could comment? PS: I mean technically, not about a product that sounds like slow-ny. ;-) The article seems a little bloated, in my limited knowledge, but I've not used Postgres yet. 2) Another article in the same mag, "ATA over Ethernet", e.g. AoE spec, using Coraid EtherDrive shelf looks interesting too. I'd like to test a couple node 10g RAC database with the EtherDrive evaluation kit (single ATA drive on AoE) instead of firewire, etc. AoE works with a cluster filesystem but not with software RAID in a cluster. These guys do have a RAIDblade to avoid software RAID. Whatever, its interesting to me. :-) http://www.coraid.com/products.htm http://www.coraid.com/purchase.htm Regards, Mike Thomas -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l