Re: Sybase or Oracle? (No flame wars please)

mjr_at_netcom.com (Mark Rosenbaum) writes: > In article <5b9b9b$2u3g$1_at_news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>,
> Martyn Richard Jones <martyn1_at_ibm.net> wrote:
> >Craig Hardy <hardyc_at_earthlink.net> writes: > Martyn Richard Jones wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Ken Mcdonald <kmcdona_at_watson.wustl.edu> writes: > OK, I realize that this is going to be a provocative subject, but
> >> > > I really would appreciate advice. Our group has to decide on a
> >> > > database soon, and we don't know whether to go with Sybase or
> >> > > Oracle. Clearly Oracle has the lead in the marketplace--but is
> >> > > it a better product?
> >> >
> >> > Hi Ken:
> >> >
> >> > Yes. For Data Warehouse projects I wouldn't use anything else
> >> > if I always had the last say.
> >> >
> >> > > So, if you know enough about certain features of Sybase vs. Oracle
> >> > > to comment on them, and feel strongly that one is better than the
> >> > > other in some way, please drop me a line. Thanks for the advice!
> >> >
> >> > Ease of use. Clean concepts and underlying philosophies.
> >> > Complete and tightly coupled integration of RDBMS technologies,
> >> > not just bolted on features. Very powerful database engine in the
> >> > right hands.
> >> >
> >> > I've used Oracle7 on almost 35 Data Warehouse projects, and it's
> >> > always been my first choice in RDBMS.
> >> >
> >> > Martyn Jones
> >> > Iniciativa para Data Warehouse
> >> >
> >> > > Thanks,
> >> > > Ken McDonald
> >> > > email: kmcdona_at_watson.wustl.edu
> >> > > --
> >> > > ========================================
> >> > > Kenneth McDonald
> >> > > Genome Sequencing Center
> >> > > Washington University School of Medicine
> >> > >
> >> > > Phone: 314-286-1831
> >> > > ========================================
> >>
> >> Ease of use?! What have you been smoking? I am a former Oracle DBA.
> >> Working with the O-word motivated me to seek employment with Sybase
> >> Professional Services. Every task is cumbersome with Oracle, and it
> >> just seems to fall right into place with Sybase. Wouldn't touch Oracle
> >> now if you doubled my salary. Just my opinions...
> >>
> >> Craig Hardy
> >> Corning Nichols Institute
> >
> >Okay it's all relative. I think that the tougher the
> >challenge the easier that Oracle is as a RDBMS relative
> >to the overall complexity of the project - I haven't
> >found this with any other RDBMS, and only thing that
> >approached this in the early 80's was Sperry Univacs
> >MAPPER product.
> >
> >Some of the DW projects that I worlked on involved as
> >little as a week of DW and Oracle7 consulting.
>
> If it is a Data Warehousing project you might want to look
> at Red Brick. Just did a bake off and Red Brick was chosen
> by the client.
>
> Just my $0.02 worth.
>
>
> Mark Rosenbaum Otey-Rosenbaum & Frazier, Inc.

Hi:

Just to qualify my previous comments.

I believe that Red Brick deserves a serious look at - especially where data models are very close to star schemas etc. where Red Brick is very hot.

However, as Red Brick is a relative unknown to our group, I couldn't honestly recommend it at this time.

Martyn Jones
Iniciativa para Data Warehouse
San Lorenzo de El Escorial

p.s. If anyone has any new material on Red Brick that they could send me - then I would be happy to review it. Thanks again, Martyn. Received on Mon Jan 13 1997 - 00:00:00 CST