Re: "Transactions are bad, real bad"

From: Pablo Sanchez <pablo_at_dev.null>
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 09:30:20 -0500
Message-ID: <Xns937556862E802pingottpingottbah@216.166.71.233>

"Paul Vernon" <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm> wrote in news:b9d553$48gi$2_at_gazette.almaden.ibm.com:

> "Pablo Sanchez" <pablo_at_dev.null> wrote in message
> news:Xns9373EB0EF7592pingottpingottbah_at_216.166.71.233...
> [snip]

>> My school of thought is that a DBMS shouldn't be the end-all
>> solution.

>
> I would be genuinely interested in knowing why you think that. Do
> you have any deep reasons?

Cost. The more burden you place on the DBMS, the more hardware you're going to need to run it. The more hardware, the more power. The more power, the better the power conditioner, more AC, probably more operation room floor space, etc.

-- 
Pablo Sanchez, blueoak Database Engineering
http://www.blueoakdb.com

Received on Thu May 08 2003 - 09:30:20 CDT

Re: "Transactions are bad, real bad" - discuss