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

In article <3365b1d6.5518755@gate.idg.no>, Nils.Myklebust@idg.no wrote: > > Brenda Muller <muller.brenda@primestar.tci.com> wrote: > > ...snip... > > It seems like you ought to study the Informix literature at least. I'd like very much to read the Informix literature, and I thank you for providing these links. However, I don't think I have made any statements at all regarding how Informix XPS works, and therefore don't feel that I have spoken out of turn without having read the Informix literature. My comments are coming from a more theoretical approach regarding how a DBMS would have to deal with situations in an MPP environment. I do not attempt to judge Informix's product because I don't know it well enough to do so. I judge MPP in general, and speculate on how a DBMS would deal with particularly difficult technical challenges that it would have to face in an MPP environment. > The > Informix XPS server looks like a quite different animal to me than the > Oracle parallell server. There sure are administrative problems that > must be solved, but the design of XPS seems to make this simpler than > other alternatives. As to performance one can discuss to death all > kinds of server implementation issues. The XPS seems to have many > advantages here. However the final answer is of course how your > application reponds. For an indication you might want to look at > http://www.informix.com/informix/corpinfo/ifxnews/press/1997/tpc-dhp.htm > > For some more information on XPS you may start at > http://www.informix.com/informix/products/techbrfs/servconn/21384/21384.htm > > I have no experience with these products, just thought the information > might be interesting. > > 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 Brenda -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet