SE -vs- Online
martina@gvgtsg.gvg.tek.com (Martin Allred) writes: > Well, since I got no response whatsoever on my quest for information > on going from SE to OnLine, I'll ask again in simpler terms. > > If you have switched from SE to OnLine please answer these easy > questions: > > 1. How much of a performance improvement did you see? > 2. How easy/hard was it to do? > 3. What would you say to someone that was considering doing this? > Thanks in advance. > > Martin > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > + Martin Allred "A little pain never hurt anyone." + > + Grass Valley Group /\\ /\\ + > + martina@gvgtsg.gvg.tek.com __/G \\/ G\\__ + Three answers to three questions. 1. profound performance improvement, Online with a cooked file runs circles around SE, Online with a raw filesystem runs even faster. To the poster who said minimal performance increase, I think something is wrong. If performance was an issue, I would only use Online 2. Moving from SE to Online is very simple. The problem is keeping the Online engine running. Online does require more setup and maintenance. 3. We have always used SE in-house for development purposes because of ease of use. Reasons - multiple copies of database are just multiple copies of a directory instead of multiple online engines. - No maintenance required. You load SE, you run ISQL, you create a database, you use it... - One copy of Online will buy a bunch of copies of SE If I was in a production environment (working with data instead of working with programs) I would definitely sacrifice the ease of use for the performance and reliability. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Miguel A. Caldera ! Antares Development Corp. ! Phone (210) 490-9626 mac@antares-dev.com ! 1000 Central Pkwy North ! Fax (210) 490-0874 73564,2200 Compuserve ! San Antonio, TX 78232 USA ! #include <std_disclaim.h> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =-> I haven't lost my mind, I know exactly where I left it!!! <-=