Re: oracle - mysql comparison

afilonov_at_yahoo.com (Alex Filonov) wrote in message news:<336da121.0407120722.70d69490_at_posting.google.com>...
> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1089413320.371216_at_yasure>...
> > Alex Filonov wrote:
> >
> > >>
> > >>No comparison and you have missed the most important questions you
> > >>should be concerned about unless you are running a hotdog stand.
> > >>
> > >>1. Where to we call for support if there is a problem we can't solve?
> > >
> > >
> > > mysql.com
> >
> > Not exactly the same thing as opening a Level 1 TAR.
> >
>
> I don't know all details of MySQL support, but I think you can get pretty
> good support, including phone hotline, for the price comparable with the
> price of Oracle support.
>
> > > Being open source product doesn't mean "not supported". You can buy
> > > support contract.
> >
> > True. But being available 7x24 and able to support you in the way
> > Oracle support does requires paying money: And lots of it.
> >
>
> Sure. Oracle support is not cheap either.
>
> > >>2. How do we recover transactions that occur between the last backup
> > >> and the time when the system fails?
> > >
> > > There is limited crush recovery.
> >
> > Compared with Oracle ... very limited. And it is the issues related
> > to Murphy's Law that are most important to consider.
> >
>
> Judging by industy experience (Yahoo! and Google are both using MySQL
> on a big scale), things aren't that bad...

They are if you care about transactions and consistency. Yahoo and Google don't have to. <sarcasm> If you miss a web page here or there, so what? Lose a sale in the middle, who cares, the customer will call if he's unhappy, soon enough. Mailing lists? Blame it all on spam filters.</sarcasm>

>
> Myself, I wouldn't recommend MySQL for critical applications as yet.
> But things are moving pretty fast in the Open Source world...

Once you build that handbasket, Hell isn't far.

jg

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