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 |
Now, I know that pretty well every other note in this notes file mentions ORACLE, but I've got to do an Rdb Vs Oracle presentation and don't have 3 weeks to read them all. Now, from what I've read, I know that Oracle's performance is suspect, is even more suspect on a cluster & also SMP doesn't help too much (correct ?). However I would like some POSITIVE comments that Rdb HAS and Oracle HASN'T. Can anyone point to a list ? I'm thinking alone the lines of... Rdb has mutli-file database (Does Oracle ?) Rdb has Horizontal & Vertical partitioning (Does Oracle ?) Rdb has Online backup (Does Oracle ?) Rdb does record level locking (What version of Oracle does this?) SQL comes free (What comes with Oracle ?) Come on, somebody out there must have done something like this before. Any help appreaciated, Stuart P.
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252.1 | y | VAOA01::LAI | Sat Nov 19 1988 00:06 | 28 | |
I understand perfectly how you feel about getting the information you need in a short time. I have started last week gathering information from the notes files for the similar purpose. Yes, there are tons of information concerning Rdb and Oracle, and I am still working on summarizing them. At the meantime, here is my suggestion to you: 1. Concentrate on the notes file called DB_COMPETITIVIE_HELP. It resides on "BROKE::$222$DUA16:[NOTES$LIBRARY]DB_COMPETITIVE_HELP.NOTE". Extract the topics called "Rdb-Technical", "Oracle-Technical", "Oracle -marketing". One article particularly an interest to you is the one titled "Rdb/VMS v3.0 vs ORACLE v5.1.17". It has most of the knockoff points that I think you are looking for. Of course, it is for v5 of ORACLE. There are v6. information on the same notes file (topics 2.9-2.12). These notes are good start and won't take you too long to read. 2. Another specialist in our office has put together a prelimilary document on comparing Rdb and Oracle. Soon as I finish gathering and summarzing my findings, I will combine mine to his document. Hopefully, within the next few days we will be able to enter the final document in the notes file for others to view. (Most likely I will use DB_COMPETITIVE_HELP notes file). Watch for its coming! I hope this reply help you, at least where to start searching. | |||||
252.2 | More Help | BROKE::BOOTH | What am I?...An Oracle? | Mon Nov 21 1988 15:12 | 6 |
The new Slide Show for field use is based heavily on what we do that Oracle doesn't. We don't mention Oracle by name, but it clearly differentiates us from them. You can order it from the corporate slide library. Use #863. It's scripted. ---- Michael Booth |