Re: scalability of OODBMS vs RDBMS?

In article <4etgma$bjj@earth.superlink.net>, drd@superlink.net (drd) wrote: >Path: ix.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!earth.superlink.net!usenet >From: drd@superlink.net (drd) >Newsgroups: comp.databases.object,comp.databases,comp.databases.oracle,comp.databases.sybase,comp.databases.informix >Subject: scalability of OODBMS vs RDBMS? >Date: 2 Feb 1996 17:12:42 GMT >Organization: SuperNet Inc. (908) 828-8988 >Lines: 9 >Message-ID: <4etgma$bjj@earth.superlink.net> >NNTP-Posting-Host: mars.superlink.net >Xref: ix.netcom.com comp.databases.object:8967 comp.databases:52541 comp.databases.oracle:62081 comp.databases.sybase:29980 comp.databases.informix:28425 > >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 Drew Wade Objectivity, Inc. mailto:drew@objy.com 301B East Evelyn Avenue +1 (415) 254-7100 Mountain View, CA 94041-1530 +1 (800) SOS-OBJY mailto:info@objy.com +1 (415) 254-7157 fax http://www.objectivity.com