Re: scalability of OODBMS vs RDBMS?

In article <4etgma$bjj_at_earth.superlink.net>, drd_at_superlink.net (drd) wrote:

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>Subject: scalability of OODBMS vs RDBMS?
>Date: 2 Feb 1996 17:12:42 GMT
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>is there any info regarding OODBMS vs RDBMS in an OO application with many
>(millions) of records/objects/whatever? i would like to use an OODBMS in
>our application, however, the higher-ups are concerned with the scalability
>(in size and performance) of OODBMS's, and are pushing for an RDBMS.
>
>any info regarding scalability (size and performance) of RDBMS and OODBMS
>(both in specific products and in general) would be greatly appreciated.
>
>thanks!

there are some useful white papers that cover this issue on www.objectivity.com. use the search function. in short: for an application with a large number of objects and/or users, an odbms can be scale much better than an rdbms ("can" means not all odbms's do...it's very much dependent on the architecture and implementation).

regards,
drew

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