Re: SQL Server, Oracle or Informix

If you lean towards Linux
you could consider Informix on Linux, which has a Linux port as well and database administration is simpler than Oracle and you might get simliar or better performance than Oracle. I am not aware of the s/w and licensing costs though !!! HTH,
Sathish
In article <3a7167c7$1_at_news>,
  "Daniel Paz Cornes" <cornes_at_navegalia.com> wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I'm looking for arguments to take a decission about what RDMBS to use
 for a
> GIS (Geographic Information System). Database has to store large
 objects
> like
> images, satellite photograph, digitalized maps...
> I estimate data volume will be about 10-15 Gbytes.
> Security and stability are important but not critical, we plan to use
 Linux
> or Win NT
> on Intel as platform. RAID controllers, etc...
>
> We are in doubt for SQL Server, Informix or Oracle.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Daniel Paz,,
>
>

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