Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server

ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home) wrote: :I have been asked to do a comparison of captioned database engines, :to choose a database server for a medium size database (less than 2GB, :about 60-100 tables). :I would appreciate both pointers to professionally done comparisons, as :well as your personal opinions on performance and reliabiilty of these :systems. There are comparisons available on the net, but they are outdated so fast a pointer to them aren't of much value. All the engines you mention should be able to handle your database. :There is a special emphasis made on reliability, so your accounts of :problems and crashes will be much appreciated. Oh yes, the hardware :will likely be Sun or IBM RS6000. We have been using Informix databases from something like 1982 and have not ones had to use a backup on any of our installations. Since about 1989 we have allways use PC based hardware with Unix (SCO Unix for the last years) due to the price/performance we get from it (a Compaq Proliant 5000 gives about the same performance as a Sun Ultra Enterprise 3000 at less than half the cost according to the latest TPC/C results) and the reliability is simply excelent as is the support from Informix. Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org