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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 2^32MaxTablePerDB
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 $150Received on Tue Jan 25 2000 - 16:46:23 CST
" 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
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