Re: Sybase vs Oracle - which is better?

From: Yassir Khogaly <yassir_at_khogaly.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: 1998/11/19
Message-ID: <730g7p$3ra$1@newsreader3.core.theplanet.net>#1/1

Sybase has only one type of backup, which requires the database to be up and running. This is called online or Hot backup.

If the system crashes sybase database can be recovered from the backups (if they were completed successfully) or from the database(dump).

I've been in some situations were Controller on which the boot disk is crashed, and although the boot disk was mirrored, the system was down. Because Sybase claims to write the committed transaction directly to Row Devices without OS interference ...? which does not make any sense... anyway Sybase engine did not complete writing the database dump, also the backups were not complete, and hence could Not be used..!

This happened here in the UK. in an installation adopted by Sybase UK. Received on Thu Nov 19 1998 - 00:00:00 CST