| Title: | DEC Rdb against the World |
| Moderator: | HERON::GODFRIND |
| Created: | Fri Jun 12 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Feb 23 1995 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1348 |
| Total number of notes: | 5438 |
Hello , A customer of ours (EBES MAPPING - ULTILITIES ) is going to start with a new mapping system. In the futur they will have to be able to communicate with the systems of municipal administrations . Since they expect most of these system to be UNIX-like they 're also looking into the UNIX-world . On the other hand there was Big Blue who told them that UNIX cannot manage large databases. The technical people at the customersite are not very Big Blue-minded so the are looking for arguments to convince their management . So now my question : Can anybody give me references on site having Ultrix (UNIX) systems with ORACLE or INGRES databases with a size of about 4 to 5 Gigabytes ? ! As usual : It 's URGENT Thanks in advance Marc Monte SWAS Brussels
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| 595.1 | some thoughts | WARNUT::BRYAN | Wed Mar 14 1990 16:44 | 17 | |
What are his timescales like ?
If its NOW, then it has to be INGRES, don't even think about Oracle.
If its later ( this summer ? ) then why not ultrix/sql.
What is the level of communication required ? - Batch or Interactive.
Can't Ingres provide a referece site for *their* database ?
Perhaps we could go in supporting Big Blues argument but promoting the
benefits of Rdb/VMS. With the developments in NAS and VMS/posix
compliance you do not HAVE to work in a vanilla UNIX environment to
achieve box-box communication.
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| 595.2 | They're Right | NOVA::BOOTH | What am I?...An Oracle? | Wed Mar 14 1990 17:26 | 4 |
IBM is right. Doing a large commercial database on Unix is not very
clever. That's why the references are non-existent.
---- Michael Booth
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| 595.3 | reply to .1 | KETJE::MONTE | Wed Mar 14 1990 19:55 | 20 | |
-> reply 1
>> What are his timescales like ?
Final decision : juin 1990
But they want to run a bench in april .
>> If its NOW, then it has to be INGRES, don't even think about Oracle.
Why not Oracle ( sorry I'm an ULTRIX-boy , not very knowledgable about
DB-stuff ) ? I was told that the ministry of agriculture purchased a
DEC-system with some clients and a 9GB-Oracle_DB
>> What is the level of communication required ? - Batch or Interactive.
I don't , I'll contact the customer to have more info on that .
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