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RDBMS Comparisons

From: Loki <base_at_alpha.freya.vinland.rad.mgh.mcgill.ca>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 22:46:23 GMT
Message-ID: <3Jpj4.70$FS.22310@carnaval.risq.qc.ca>

Hello, in choosing a DBMS, I've built a little chart. Any help in filling in the blanks would be much appreciated.

NOTE: This chart is quite wide, and may wrap viciously on some of your newsreaders.

DBMS Comparison Chart

DBMS                    Sybase                                  Oracle                          Informix                                                        DB2                                     Interbase               Ingres II               PostgreSQL                              Teradata                                                NonStop SQL/MX                                                  University Postgres                                     University Ingres
                        Sybase INC                              Orace INC                       Informix                                                        IBM                             Inprise / Borland               CA                      PostGreSQL                              NCR                                                     COMPAQ / Tandem                                                         UBerkeley                                               UBerkeley
                        linux.sybase.com                platforms.oracle.com/linux      www.informix.com/informix/products/linux/               www.software.ibm.com/data/db2/linux/            www.interbase.com               www.cai.com/bpp/        www.postgresql.org                      www3.ncr.com/product/teradata/ihttp://s2k-ftp.CS.Berkeley.EDU/ingres/xpd.htm   http://epoch.cs.berkeley.edu:8000/postgres/postgres.html

                ASE 11.0.3.3    ASE 11.9.2              8i (Enterprise Edition)         IDS 7.3.x               IDS2000                                                                         4.0             5.1.1           BETA
OS              Linux           Linux                   Linux                           L2.0.36/gc2.0.7/(RH5.2) L2.2.5/gc2.1.1                  L2.0.35/gc2.0.7+/pdksh/libstdc++2.8.0+/rpm      RH4.2           RH5.1           c5/6,L2.0.27+ (RH5.1)   Linux                                   SVR4/NT                                                 NonStop Kernel OS rel G40+)
MaxDevSize      2GB             2GB                                                                                                                                                             2GB             2GB
MaxNumDev       256             256
MaxNumDB                        32767                                                                   21,000,000
MaxDBsize                       8TB                                                                                                                                                                             32TB                                                                            1TB+
MaxDevPerDB     128             128
MaxIdxPerDB                                                                                                                                                                                                     2^32
MaxTablePerDB
MaxRowPerDB
MaxTableSize                                                                                            64TB                                                                                                    32TB
MaxNumTables                                                                                            477,000,000                                                                                             2^16
MaxIdxPerTable                                                                                          77                                                                                                      2^16
MaxColPerTable                                                                                          2767
MaxRowPerTable                                                                                                                                                                                                  2^32
MaxColPerIdx                                                                                            16
MaxRowSize                                                                                              32kB                                                                                                    64kB
MaxLogSize      2GB                                                                                                                                             4GB
MaxLogsPerDB                                                                                                                                                    128
MinDiskSpace                                                                            64MB                    200MB                                           120MB                           10MB            10MB
MinRAM                                                                                  32MB                    64MB                                            100MB                           16MB            16MB
QueryLang       SQL             SQL                     SQL                             SQL, PostQUEL           SQL                                             SQL                             SQL             SQL             SQL, QUEL               SQL, PostQUEL                           SQL                                                     SQL                                                                     PostQUEL                                                QUEL
                        TransactSQL                     PL/SQL                                                                                                                                          isql

Replication     Replication Server (nonLinux)           Advanced Replication                            yes                                                     yes                             no (self program)               Ingres Replicator
Mirroring       built in mirroring                      Mirror                                                                                                                                  Shadow(incl)
Distribution    Replication Server/OmniConnect(nLnx)                                    yes, with recovery and partial commit                           federated / distributed                 with recovery (incl)            Ingres Vision
FailOver        OpenSwitch/Replication Server(nLnx)
Security                                                                                                                                                                                                                        C2
XA support      XA Server (11.9.2) <non Linux>                                                  Informix CLI                                                    yes                                                             yes
TPM                                                                                                                                                             yes
JDBC                                                                                                    yes                                     www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html                       yes                                             yes
ODBC                                                                                    ftp://ftp1.informix.com/dist/IDN/linux/odbc/                            yes                                     Win only                yes                     yes
PERL DBI                yes                                                                                                                             DBD-DB2-0.71.tar.gz                             no                                              DBD:pg
C-API                   CT-Lib / DB-Lib                 Oracle OCI                                      Informix CLI                                                                                    IB API                  Open API                libpq
C++-API                                                 Pro*C                                           ESQL/C                                                                                                                                          libpq++
Perl                    SybPerl                                                                                                                                                                         IBPerl                                          pgsql_perl5
Java/JVM                                                                                                yes                                     (SQLJ) www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html

DateRange                                                                                                                                                                                                                       1/1/1582-31/12/2382
R-while-W                                               yes                                                                                                                                             yes


Pricing:
                11.0.3.3                free            EE NamedUsrMultSvr      $750    per user        $300    per user(10min) $1800           UnivDev         $925 one time charge            4.2             free            BETA is free            free                                                                                                                                                                    free                                                    free
                11.9.2 DevelKit Lnx     $1542           " 2year                 $263    client SDK      free                                    PersonalDev     free download                   5.6MediaKitLnx  $50
                11.9.2 BaseSvr&1UsrLnx  $1542           " 4year                 $450                                                                            $39  one time charge            5.6SvrLic1usrL  $200
                11.9.2 Network Seat     $302            EE NamedUsrSngSvr       $600                                                            WrkGrp          $925 one time charge            5.6Simul1Lnx    $150

" 2year $210 Enterprise $??? 5.6Simul10Lnx $1200
" 4year $360 5.6Simul20Lnx $2100
EE PwrUnitIntel $100 5.6UnlimInetLnx $2500
" 2year $35 5.6Precompiler $500
" 4year $90
EE Trial License free GUI wisql(3rdParty) DB2 Control Center (Java/Web) CLI iSQL SQL*Plus
Received on Tue Jan 25 2000 - 16:46:23 CST

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