From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Mon Apr 4 17:06:43 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j34M6hOO020442 for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 17:06:43 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j34M6cem020425 for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 17:06:39 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 83EFD909B2; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 16:04:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 07942-08; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 16:04:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 07C96908A8; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 16:04:35 -0500 (EST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=L5D8TugvlB9dZMIcVnRSeB19PjDDgMgtBKRdrGfDwMoEZul1z4W+iM6mMHUfZpS9HiTQrWVWmAsiz14vJ0ZKu+DdOe5tWzCBt8gcB5m58ulRb1gOk58QyjS3wer1fyImZom9CR3wAg3T4HRv3HmRxjK05G5tewC8xsXNK07VSwI= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 15:02:38 -0600 From: Walt Weaver To: oracle_l Subject: Re: mysql In-Reply-To: <687bf9c40504041154153bc9bb@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: <4D575BC43F.0A2805FCTFSEIZWB@greenshield.ca> <1296.64.37.153.21.1112638277.squirrel@www.cosmiccooler.org> <687bf9c40504041154153bc9bb@mail.gmail.com> X-archive-position: 18022 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: weaver1308@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: weaver1308@gmail.com X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=5.0 tests=FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS autolearn=no version=2.60 X-Spam-Level: On Apr 4, 2005 12:54 PM, stephen booth wrote: > On Apr 4, 2005 7:11 PM, David wrote: > > What are the largest pros and cons involved in discussing mysql versus > > Oracle? > > MySQL doesn't have the recoverability features of Oracle, you lose a > disk and you've lost everything since the last backup. Not true. MySQL binlogs are similar to Oracle redo logs and can be used for point-in-time recovery. We have over 200 MySQL databases running 4.x with binlogs and replication and have experienced no data loss from server crashes. > > MySQL scaling is a joke. It certainly isn't in Oracle's league as far as scalaility is concerned. > > Stephen > --Walt Weaver Bozeman, Montana -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l