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| DATE | 2002-11-20 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: [nylug-talk] databases
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> Open source databases lack the speed and scalability that Oracle and DB2
> provide.
that's just not true and I've tested them under live conditions at NYU
when I was there.
Actually, it's not close. Postgres and MYSQL were both faster, more relable,
and easier to use.
Darn Oracle needed to recompile the damn kernel before it would even think about
working and the TSL Listener was hacked in about 8 days a freshman Comp Sci
Major
Ruben
> Of course my statement is relative to other factors, such as
> what the database is running on and, what it is being used for. For many
> users an open source database solution may contain all the scaleability
> and speed that you need.
>
> Are there any benchmarks available which compare the leading open source
> databases (i.e Postgres, MySQL) with commercial systems like DB3,
> Oracle, etc. ? I would like to see them. Personally I would like to see
> my statement proven wrong. I would like to know, and with confidence,
> that there are open source database solutions that not only equal but
> even surpass the commercial counterparts, particularly when it comes to
> those 2 s's...speed and scaleability.
>
> >
> >Yes is the real answer if your shelling out the money
> >and doing the work.
> >
> If an open source database solution is adequate for what you are trying
> to accomplish then by all means use it. I'm certainly no big fan of
> closed source proprietary systems, I much prefer going open source
> whenever and wherever possible as a matter of principle as well as money
> saved.
>
> Leonard.
>
> >
> >Ruben
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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