"Mark A" <ma_at_switchboard.net> wrote in message
news:hlrUb.4$Ki4.11047_at_news.uswest.net...
> "Serge Rielau" <srielau_at_ca.eye-be-em.com> wrote in message
> news:bvtd8b$a0f$1_at_hanover.torolab.ibm.com...
> > Well, AFAIK amazon.com is running Teradata in their warehouse.
> > --
> > Serge Rielau
> > DB2 SQL Compiler Development
> > IBM Toronto Lab
>
> Serge, Daniel does not understand the difference between a data warehouse
> application (which benefits from share nothing, or quasi-share nothing)
and
> an OLTP application (which benefits from share everything with fallover
> capability). It's really scary that he is getting paid to teach people
about
> database.
So now that we have established that the app is transactional and requires
HA, and setting aside the personal remarks which way would you jump?
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
Received on Thu Feb 05 2004 - 07:59:54 CST
