In article <8bqn7m$82j$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>, <jahorsch_at_my-deja.com> wrote:
>
>I cannot belive the bias that everyone has. Has anyone actually run
>SQL Server 7.0? Even if you did you may not know the proper tuning
>since most Oracle/Informix/Sybase DBA's are used to tuning UNIX and
>their own DBMS. I couldnt just install Informix and run it for a month
>and since I didnt have it tuned right dismiss it as a piece of shit. I
>have been a Sybase DBA, Oracle DBA, and SQL Server DBA. SQL Server is
>the easiest to admin and provides a ton of functionality without an
>extra cost. Is it as scalable as Oracle? No. Will it be? More than
>likely although it will be bound to NT. Will it ever have the equiv of
>OPS? Probably not. Are there very large OLTP and OLAP databases
>(1TB+) running SQL Server? Yes. Is it suitable for 24x7? Yes. Would
>I run an ERP for a fortune 100 company on it? No. Would I run a
>several hundred GB OLTP DB on it? Yes. Would I do up to 1TB OLAP on
>it? Yes. Just because there are horror stories with people doing bad
>implementaions doesnt mean that a correct implementation will not
>work. It does. I could dig up near the same number of Oracle projects
>that didnt work due to bad design/architecture. I do not think Oracle
>is a bad product. I think it is a better product overall. SQL Server
>does everything most people need at a smaller cost and can provide the
>needed performance for a lower overall price. It is also written very
>well for canned applications. It can self tune to give about 70% of max
>acheivable performance. So Db's up to 20GB or so will probably work
>quite well without a DBA if written and setup properly. Anyway enough
>said you guys can think what you want but really you are only doing
>some MS bashing. Sure they deserve some for some products but other
>products really arent that bad.
>
For me, your missing the point - It runs on NT, and for me, my business
and my environment, NT is not production level equipment; and we won't
use it, period.
Received on Tue Mar 28 2000 - 15:56:13 CST
