Re: Oracle vs. Informix

There's recent thread regarding Oracle vs Informix. I'd suggest you read it. I'm currently ORacle DBA but I've worked as Informix DBA for 4+ yrs and find it a much easier system to administer. Overall, I believe Informix to be better technically but either will do fine for the numbers you describe (which is not all that much). Porting DBs is not a trivial task and don't understand why anyone would port from Informix to ORacle (or vice versa) without compelling reason. If current staff has Informix expertise, then only Dilbert management would switch.

-Lin

Keith Sharp <ksharp_at_bear.com> wrote:
> I am in the process of analyzing databases for a new document imaging
> system. We currently use Informix but management is wanting to explore
> solutions by Oracle.
> We will have approx. 450 users, possible 125 concurrent users and probably
> 40-50 simultaneous DB calls.
> The database currently has 5.7 million rows with BLOB data averaging 40K
> each, and an optical storage manager.
> It will be a 3-tier client server environment with a 3rd party app handling
> all optical/magnetic migration.
> We operate on Sun OS.

> Can anyone with both Oracle and INformix exposure give me some feedback and
> opinions. I am looking at both the workgroup and enterprise solutions for
> both, but it appears enterprise will better suit us.
Received on Tue Aug 24 1999 - 11:47:26 CDT