Re: Which Unix DBMS?

The following are my opinions, not those of Sybase..... In article <3tf3oe$78@news.informix.com>, Randall Rhea <randall> writes: |> >> Save the comparison and use informix. |> >> |> > |> >For small systems possibly. |> |> This is an old bias that is no longer true. Read industry analysts |> (Garner, IDC/TIS, Seybold, Hurwitz, Butler) and they will tell you |> that Informix scales the best for large systems. Sybase has many customers scaling quite well on systems over 100 gigabytes. We have also become the de facto standard on Wall Street (and we all know how much those folks like poor performance...). One of the biggest questions is: what is a large system? Is it a 100 megabyte system that has all of its data updated on a daily basis (high OLTP)? OR Is it a 100 gigabyte system that is used only for queries (high DSS) OR Is it some combination of the two? I think that you will find that Sybase will offer the best of all of these worlds with high performance on OLTP as evidenced by the best price/ performance on TPC-C benchmarks for Sybase SQL Server, advanced indexing with our IQ Accelerator product for high DSS systems, and Navigation server for the systems that are a combination of the two. |> |> >For speed of the RDBMS and rapid development use Unify/Accell. |> |> Unify has been dead as a major RDBMS for many years. |> |> >For distributed DBs use Sybase. |> |> Sybase no longer offers anything over Oracle or Informix in distributed |> database support. They once did, but not anymore. If you consider the more than three years head start in data distribution that Sybase has over the competition, I think that you will find Sybase has a slight lead with our replication. Plus, our Omni SQL Gateways allow Sybase to replicate to data sources other than Sybase back ends. This produces a truly adaptive architecture for distributed database support. Also, with our replication agents being developed for other RDBMS's, we will be able to replicate data from other database sources directly into Sybase, again producing a more robust distributed architecture story. Anything similar from Oracle or Informix (anyone else)??? |> |> >For mixed hosts (Unix, VMS) use Oracle. |> |> Informix doesn't run on VMS, so Oracle may be your only choice there. What if "mixed hosts" includes NT/Novell/Windows? Sybase runs on VMS, many flavors of Unix, NT/Novell, and Windows (with Watcom)? I say for mixed hosts use Sybase. |> |> > |> >The RDBMS is usually decided for you when you buy the application you need. |> >This is where Oracle win, as there are a vast number of applications written |> >in it and Oracle have the size to back them up. |> |> More applications and more VARS run on Informix than Oracle by a long shot. |> We have more VARs than Oracle and Sybase put together. Since Oracle |> sells its own applications software, they compete with their VARs. But Sybase does not compete against their VARs. Sybase is working with our partners to build best of breed solutions for our mutual customers to make a win-win-win for all involved, Sybase-VARs-customers. We have specific programs within Sales, Professional Services and Technical Support to ensure that our partners get the best assistance from Sybase to develop their products. Good luck to all Brendan McKelvey |> |> -- |> |> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |> Randall Rhea Systems Engineer |> Informix Software randall@informix.com |> -- ============================================================================= Brendan McKelvey (jbrendan) Mail : brendan.mckelvey@sybase.com Sybase Open Solutions - Var/Channels 77 South Bedford St. 2nd Floor Phone: 1-617-564-6186 Burlington, MA 01803 Fax: 1-617-229-9845 =============================================================================