Re: MS SQL Server vs Oracle, MySQL or MongoDB

From: Ryan January <rjanuary_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:52:05 -0500
Message-Id: <67868E0F-B3CD-4DFE-BECB-76ECF43EE164_at_gmail.com>

>"The other reason is probably the shop does not have unix sysadmins"

The only releases I had to support on windows were 10.1 and 10.2, but it didn't leave a particularly bad taste in my mouth. The bugs we did run into were generally cross platform. We definitely didn't run into anything that would prevent me from at least considering it as a possibility.

If it was Oracle or MS SQL on a windows box, I'll choose the lesser of two evils.

Directly answering the question; many architecture decisions are driven by familiarity. If you have plenty of .net developers, they'll likely have a preference for MS SQL and a traditional DBA is brought into the fold after the decisions have already been made.

On Aug 27, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Jay Hostetter <hostetter.jay_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> It is very easy for non-DBAs to get SQL Server installed and running. Just a couple clicks of the mouse, connect as "sa", and you're done.
>
> I've seen a lot of these installs that wouldn't survive an auditor's review nor a disaster recovery situation. But it get's their application up and running, so they are happy.
>
> Jay
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Kumar Madduri <ksmadduri_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
> I have just started to understand and learn MS SQL Server 2012 and from what I understood so far
> Why would anyone want to implement MS SQL Server ?
> If cost is one reason, then there are options like MySQL or MongoDB which would be less expensive than Oracle and can be used on multiple platforms.
> If application vendor restricts to use MS SQL server then that is the only reason I find to use MS SQL Server.
> The other reason is probably the shop does not have unix sysadmins and are comfortable with windows (windows shop).
> Are there any other reasons why somebody would choose MS SQL server?
>
> Thank you
> Kumar
>

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