Re: Is Oracle Simply a Pig - The Worst I've See
Date: 30 Nov 93 14:38:39 GMT
Message-ID: <Nov.30.09.38.39.1993.27970_at_andromeda.rutgers.edu>
grimes_at_access.digex.net (Seth Grimes) writes:
>kramer_at_ash.sps.mot.com (Jim Kramer) writes:
>>Yes! Oracle is a GIANT SQUEELER! However, I'm pretty sure that
Agreed! Then again, ever try FOCUS from Information Builders ? :)
>>all relational databases are. Remember you're dealing with something
>>that spends all of it's time talking to the disk! This is why DB
>>tuning is SOOOOO IMPORTANT. The other thing you can do is buy really
>>fast disk drives (fast & wide SCSI, etc). You really do have to select
>>the right computer/peripherals for the job. This ain't no DISKO, ya know!
>You have the right fact but the wrong conclusion. That RDBMSes spend so
>much time talking to the disk is why DBMS system design is so important.
>I know this is true regarding DBs -- you can get (relatively) marginal
>performance improvements through tuning, but major improvements through
>good design. Sure, hardware is important, but the question is really,
>given a certain set of required performance goals, what hardware does it
>take to support Oracle and what does it take to support some other RDBMS?
>The allegation is that running Oracle will be more expensive.
>Oracle has a rep. for being slower based on its design: it runs on everything
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I've never heard this ?! All of the performance tests I've seen
of relational DB put Oracle in either 1st or 2nd place. The recent
PC Magazine review for Netware based RDBMSes had Oracle 7 a hands
down winner. I've used Ingres, Sybase and a bunch of PC based
do-dads (FoxPro, Clipper, etc.) and have found no performance lag
on Oracle's part.
Can anyone else relate some head to head performace claims ?
Rich Holowczak holowcza_at_andromeda.rutgers.edu
Rutgers University
Ph.D. Computers and Information Systems Program
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