Re: Database or store to handle 30 Mb/sec and 40,000 inserts/sec

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:21:16 -0800, hpuxrac wrote:

> Noons wrote:
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>>
>> You see, Tony: this is where you show your bias
>> and your complete lack of historical perspective and knowledge.
>>
>> Oracle has always supported a readers-do-not-block-writers
>> model. Always. Period.

Since version 4.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_database#History http://www.oracle.com/corporate/history.html

>> Most other so-called competitive "relational" database
>> implementations never did. Never. Period.

Right. The databases that do not implement it now never did.

>> Before I get the usual cohort of "we support it" camels:
>> I said "MOST". I did not say "ALL". Learn to read and
>> lay off,OK! But, I digress:

Right. Several databases added it to later versions.

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>> There is NO SUCH THING as a business "requirement"
>> to see uncomitted data and there never has been.

I would agree with that.

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> 
> Well geez let's not try to bring some perspective and a reality check
> into this flame war!