Re: Is Oracle really worth it?

Hello,

I really do not think you are going to find an RDBMS out there that is bug free. I remember an old 7.3 server we had would just pin the cpu at 100% occasionally, requiring a reboot.

I would say 1.5 years is pretty good without a hiccup.

As far as "Is Oracle really worth it?" It all depends on your requirements.

I our particular case it was not worth it. We dropped our Oracle license and are switching RDBMS vendors. It has been an gratifying experience.

jab  

inferno2000_at_my-deja.com (inferno2000) wrote in message news:<a9390719.0112121813.43a367d0_at_posting.google.com>...
> After a long and quiet 1.5 years in operation, our Oracle database
> once again runs into wierd, undocumented internal error (ora-600
> [12700],[1493234693],[93]) during mission-critical processes. The
> process halts upon error and it takes quite awhile before the problem
> is resolved to continue normal operation.
>
> Query to Oracle results in explaination which clearly cannot be
> foreseen or prevented in anyway. It makes me wonder then, does Oracle
> really worth it? Is there no way to count on Oracle to behave
> properly? Can't a bug free process be expected to always run to
> completion when using Oracle database? If Oracle is not the answer,
> does that mean Microsoft or SyBase SQL server is the better database
> as far as stability and reliabiltiy is concerned?
>
> I would also like to point out that I have been working with Oracle
> database for 7 long years. And this is not the first time it
> crashed/aborted with an internal error. Such shortcoming may be ok for
> less time-critical operations, but it really is unacceptable for
> mission-critial system.
Received on Thu Dec 13 2001 - 09:36:40 CST