Conference ulysse::rdb_vms_competition

59.0. "Reference site" by BMT::KANG () Mon Dec 14 1987 22:43

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    Hello.
    
    Prudential-Bache in New York(199 Water Street) is using 
    ORACLE to maintain their "Securities Price History database."
    Most of the relations are rather "simple" (i.e., not many foreign
    keys between tables) but lots of records - about 2 millions.
    
    They are extremely "unhappy" with ORACLE due to the following 
    reasons:
    
       1) Maintenance.  Whenever a new version arrives, they have to
          re-link their applications.  
       2) In addition to "no AIJ support on VAX Cluster", they 
          run into "data corruption" too frequently
       3) Performance.
    
    Digital did test-install VAX-11 DBMS to do what ORACLE is doing.
    We came up with about 20 times better in speed when a unique 
    key retrieval comes.  Of course, the performance difference 
    tapers off in retrieving records with a non-key field range for
    non-unique keys.
    
    They are very impressed with VAX-11 DBMS.  
    Soon, they will make up their mind to decide which one to use.
    
    Going back to your question as to the "reference site."
    I wouldn't think they can be a good(?) reference site for ORACLE.
    I don't have Rdb/VMS comparison.  
    
    
    Jong Kang
    From New York Financial District
    

    
    This note should have been a reply to the note "49.0."
    Sorry about that.
    
    Jong Kang
    

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    This note should have been a reply to the note "49.0."
    Sorry about that.
    
    Jong Kang
    

Please ignore previous REPLY.....
Thanks for the reference info.

Peter