Re: OO -vs- Normalization: Effect on Data Quality & Performance

From: Glenn Berry <glenn.berry_at_gb-data.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 17:47:23 +0100
Message-ID: <907865308.24746.0.nnrp-05.9e986a28@news.demon.co.uk>

brad,

I recently administered a 12Gb database which was OO in design and execution,
the performance suffered dramatically over the same database with a relational design.

We [the DBA's] really had to work to keep it optimised.

Glenn.

bwskiles wrote in message <361CE8CE.3B4AD4B6_at_adpc.purdue.edu>...
>I would appreciate any and all input on this topic. This is a hot topic
>in our shop right now. I would be very interested in hearing if anyone
>who has employee an Object Oriented database has experienced a noticable
>degradation in data quality.
>
>Other opinions, experiences,and advice are appreciated!!!
>--brad
>bwskiles_at_purdue.edu
>
Received on Thu Oct 08 1998 - 11:47:23 CDT