Re: Oracle vs DB2 on heavy OLTP loads

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 18:08:15 -0700
Message-ID: <1116378258.838231@yasure>

dbguy456_at_yahoo.com wrote:

>>I have, in production, run as I said before 20K+ inserts per second.

>
> For how long? Once again - I'm pretty sure it's possible with Oracle to
> handle heavy loads, the question is how stable is it while handling
> it? Also - what platform do you run it on?

I don't know ... how long has American Idol been on TV?

Generic Dell hardware with a NetApp Filer Head.

I'm not sure why you are so paranoid about this. Oracle Corp., for years, has eaten its own dogfood. Ask your Oracle rep. what is in Oracle's own data centers. The answer AFAIK is Dell, Apple, EMC, and NetApp.

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Received on Tue May 17 2005 - 20:08:15 CDT