Re: Top Databases Used

From: Sandeep Singh Bajwa <sbajwa_at_home.com>
Date: 2000/04/23
Message-ID: <39025F25.EE560196_at_home.com>#1/1


I have worked both with Oracle (on digital unix) and Informix (on HP unix) and Oracle beats Informix Hands down!! No questions about it!!

Systems specialist.
Sandeep Singh Bajwa

Rudy Fernandes wrote:

> Ivan Santhumayor wrote:
>
> > For scalability (above 20GB) Oracle and UDB are good. Anything smaller,
> > Sybase or SQL7 should be fine too.
>
> Informix work wonderfully for all sizes of database - I've personally seen
> it fly under size conditions of 50 Mb to 1/2 Terabyte.
>
> Working with Informix is a pleasure, especially when one is the DBA
> supporting it . And while it does not have a "huge" market share, its got
> almost fanatical support at the User level (we do complain about its
> Marketing!)
>
> I'm not an expert at Oracle, although I am a certified Oracle DBA, but if I
> had to choose, I'd take Informix without thinking twice.
>
> Rudy
Received on Sun Apr 23 2000 - 00:00:00 CEST

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