Re: Is MS-SQL6.5 in the same league as Oracle, Sybase?

Colin Frank wrote:
>
> Once <lupoone_at_mail.intercall.com> wrote:
> >
> >ORACLE top on performance, SQL SERVER 6.5 price performance, sybase 11
> >nt version last on my list. It seems to mirror microsofts urge to ship
> >more bugs than solid code. I do believe the Unix sybase 11 version is
> >killer but again oracle rules on speed
>
> Normally I limit my responses to helping customers, but my friend needs
> help here.
>
> Sybase XI is the undisputed king of performance from the Alpha to the PC!
> Oracle may do a damn good job in marketing, but we have better products.
>
> Lately I have not seen any performance measurements in Oracle that even
> come close to the performance of System XI on the same hardware. System
> XI on SCO posted the highest PC numbers. Heck Sybase System XI NT even
> out performed SQL SERVER 6.5 on NT -- On their own OS!
>
> Check out the published results: http://www.sybase.com/products/tpc
>
> Here is a sample:
>
> Database TPM-C $/TPM-C Hardware
> ===============================================================
> Sybase: 14176.25 198 Alpha Server 8400 5/350
> Informix: 13646.17 277 Alpha Server 8400 5/350
> Oracle: 11456.13 286 Alpha Server 8400 5/350 (Not even close)
> Microsoft: Nothing close in front, mid, or back office :-)
>
> Comparisons on identical hardware.
>
> Stay informed.
>
> Colin...

From personal experience with the three databases with identical systems I can tell you also that ORACLE IS NOT THE FASTEST!!!!!

It does will run on faster machines than SQL Server so you can implement bigger applications but on the same box it doesn't run faster under any scenarios that I have tried (most). Received on Tue Nov 05 1996 - 00:00:00 CET