| 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 |
Found this in VTX....wonder why no one in database systems published it
here? anyway...read on! (Does any one know who the 'resident software
specialist' mentioned here is?)
Success Stories Databases
Sybase Promises 100tps, Delivers 5
The Database Marketing Group has just learned from the resident software
specialist at MCI in Northern Virginia that an application they were
developing using Sybase delivered 5 tps instead of the 100 promised. The main
reason was very bad design (by a contractor), and no one - NOT EVEN THE SYBASE
TECH SUPPORT PEOPLE - caught it before they started running it.
They now are going to re-develop in C using RMS with the help of Digital, and
they have a good chance of making it. Sybase will only be used for peripheral
tasks.
Some general remarks about Sybase:
o Does not integrate well with other products, especially bad on VMS since
most Sybase features are centered around UNIX and SUN.
Some general remarks about Sybase: (cont'd)
o Poor report writer.
o Because of platform spread, the technical support for VMS is not very good,
even though they have quite a staff in Virginia.
o They said that on an 8700 they can only do about 95 database operations per
second. (The application was designed to do 18-20 for every incoming
message!)
o According to the software specialist, the customer "is sorry they didn't go
with Rdb".
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 387.1 | Here's One Reason | CREDIT::BOOTH | What am I?...An Oracle? | Wed Jul 19 1989 21:49 | 9 |
By being in VTX, it is being "publicized." The story is interesting,
but there has been no desire on the part of the account to go public
with it. Therefore, it becomes interesting, but not the kind of thing
you would use with a customer because their first question would be,
"Can I talk to this account?", then "Who are they?". Using negative
references is not very often effective. Negative references that can't
be contacted are even less effective.
---- Michael Booth
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