Re: How to choose a DB
From: Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 1999/12/31
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Date: 1999/12/31
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From: spam_at_admin.u.nu (Miguel Cruz)
>
>Mark Townsend <mtownsen_at_us.oracle.com> wrote:
> > Miguel - you mentioned a requirement for transparent or near transparent
> > clustering - can I ask you what for ?
>
>The goal is scalability - availability is an added plus but not the primary
>factor at this point. The client app will be delivering relatively complex
>queries which I fear will overload a single server at some point, so I need
>to be sure that the road we head down will not dead end when that happens.
DSS or OLTP? Anyway, I reckon that Informix is *way* more scalable than Oracle. Just a pity the a$$40135 won't do benchmarks to prove it. :-(
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