RE: mysql

Man. I got to get my medication checked. I could have swore that I just saw these last set of emails already this morning.

-----Original Message-----
From: Walt Weaver [mailto:weaver1308_at_gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 5:03 PM
To: oracle_l
Subject: Re: mysql

On Apr 4, 2005 12:54 PM, stephen booth <stephenbooth.uk_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 4, 2005 7:11 PM, David <thump_at_cosmiccooler.org> 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

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