Re: SQL Server VS Oracle

From: Tony Rogerson <tonyrogerson_at_compuserve.com>
Date: 1998/12/08
Message-ID: <73071A7DD_at_TORVER>#1/1


Niklas,

It's more a question of your hardware rather than the database vendor, choose the wrong hardware and both SQL Server and Oracle would have problems.

Get the hardware right and SQL Server won't have problems.

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Hope the above helps.
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Tony Rogerson MCP/SQL Server MVP
Torver Computer Consultants Ltd.
London, England.

Niklas Engdahl wrote in message <74iotf$ok4$1_at_zingo.tninet.se>...

>Hi everybody.
>
>I'm working with a web project. Right now we are in the phase of choosing
>database platform,
>the choice is between Oracle and MS Sql Server.
>
>We are going to use IIS and ASP with VBScript to access the DB.
>
>We are counting on
>* an average around 200 000 visits per month and
>* about 15 DB connetions on each visit.
>* a peak in DB connections / hour is about 10 per second.
>
>Is Sql Server enough for this matter or should we choose Oracle?
>
>TIA, niklas_at_engdahl.com
>
>
Received on Tue Dec 08 1998 - 00:00:00 CET

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