Re: How to choose a DB
Date: 1999/11/28
Message-ID: <slrn842qmg.ho.babooska_at_rotar.xs4all.nl>#1/1
On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 15:01:54 +0200, Anat Maoz <anatmaoz_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I need to choose a database which serve my server.
> The server runs a huge number of select and update transactions which
> must run in Real-Time.
> I know that because of the fact, there are so many transacttions in a
> minute, I must run the database on Unix.
> I dont know what is the prefered database (maybe oracle maybe informix or
> other), and I am not sure how much ODBC slow the proccesing.
> Than u very much,
> Anat Maoz (anatmaoz_at_hotmail.com)
It depends what you call huge. Both Informix and Oracle can handle enourmous amounts of transactions. For instance Ebay.COM processes 35 million transactions a day. They use Oracle.
Babooska Received on Sun Nov 28 1999 - 00:00:00 CET