Re: Co-existence of SQL Server and Oracle

From: Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 14:17:16 GMT
Message-ID: <3b8ba554.17108669@news>

On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 12:26:04 +0100, "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote:

>Actually I'd have thought that *provided only that* only one RBMS is running
>at one time then this setup should be OK for a performance comparison
>between the two systems. What it will most likely measure is your relative
>dba skills in the 2 RDBMS systems but nevertheless it is a reasonable
>performance test, much much better than relying on things like TPC-C.
>

Dunno, Niall. I wouldn't trust any system where SS has been installed to perform well with any other database engine. Too many dependencies between the OS and SS for my comfort level. I might be wrong, but I wouldn't trust any numbers on a common system.

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam Received on Tue Aug 28 2001 - 09:17:16 CDT