Re: Oracle or SQL Server?

The June 1998 issue of Byte Magazine has a database comparison article in it that includes MS-Server and Oracle 7.3. It is a pretty good article.

TurkBear <johng_at_mm.com> wrote in article >>
> Its just my opinion,but for the type of setup you need, it should be
> Oracle - its parallel and replication features are exceptional and it
> is the large-scale DB of choice for many 24x7 fortune 100 companies...
>

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>
> John Grec
> >
> Ahab Johnson <ahab_at_epnet.com> wrote:
>
> >We are now developing a second generation database. The current db is
> >about 5 GB on SQL Server 6.5 dual P-200 NT box with no RAID. The
> >requirements for the second generation db call for 7 x 24 availability
> >with fail-over and load balancing capabilities through parallel servers
> >accessing a single raid box or multiple replication servers. The new
> >database will probably be slightly bigger experiencing moderate but
> >steady growth.
> >Can these requirements be reliably met using SQL Server replication or
> >would we be better off seeking a solution using Oracle Enterprise
> >server.
> >Thanks in advance for any recomendations.
> >-DS
  Received on Fri May 29 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT