Re: Need Comparisons of Oracle 7 and Sybase 10

In article <36ul6o$nd6_at_andromeda.rutgers.edu> holowcza_at_andromeda.rutgers.edu (Richard D Holowczak) writes:
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>From: holowcza_at_andromeda.rutgers.edu (Richard D Holowczak)
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>Subject: Re: Need Comparisons of Oracle 7 and Sybase 10
>Date: 5 Oct 1994 12:45:12 -0400
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David really meant why would anyone look at Oracle or Sybase on the Netware platform! I agree, Netware is a lousy platform for database...

>dil.admin_at_mhs.unc.edu (David I. Laudicina) writes:

>>I am not sure anyone seriously considering a production server would buy
>>Sybase or Oracle
 

> Ummmm. I don't think you will find a more stable and
> fault tolerant DB than these two unless you go to
> some proprietary DB but even then I don't think
> you will gain much.
 

> We need only look at the thousands (millions?) of shops running
> production Oracle and Sybase servers. Many of them 24 X 7.
 

> What did you have in mind ? DB2 perhaps ?

>>for that matter running on a Netware OS. The real comparison
>>should be made on SMP UNIX and NT boxes.
>>Thx Dave L

> Interesting point. So for anyone who wants to use Oracle
> in this way, they MUST go out and buy a high end SUN or
> equivalent ? I don't think so. Try telling this to
> the small or mid sized company that wants the power,
> security and robustness of an Oracle or Sybase database
> but does not have the resources to administer another
> box running UNIX or NT.
 

> There are tons of shops out there running Oracle on Netware.
> The recent crap about Oracle on Netware being more
> unstable than its UNIX counterparts is just that, crap.
 

>
>Rich Holowczak
>Rutgers University
>holowcza_at_andromeda.rutgers.edu
Received on Fri Oct 07 1994 - 17:40:39 CET