I would expect MySQL to be somewhat more miserly in resource consumption. Of course the old axiom, YMMV (your mileage may vary), will greatly apply here. Any database, vendor or open source, will run great, if it is well tuned.
I've heard good things about JBoss and Tomcat, but alot of that really boils down to how good (or poor) your Java programmers are. If they are true artisans in their craft and take the time to write good code, either will work well. If they are just cranking out programs to beat a (likely) artificial deadline, then it will run like crap on any platform. Be careful, DB2 Connect is not a database. It is a gateway between workstation clients and mainframe databases (and mainframe clients and off-platform databases). It is not a database in itself. It provides no data serving capabilities. Glenn Nicholas wrote:
Thanks for the responses, much appreciated. A reference was made to Oracle/DB2/WebSphere being resource intensive "Then, the big stuff started to become available. DB2, Oracle, Websphere. One copy can take multiple IFL engines .." My follow up question on this is: in terms of resource requirements, would you treat MySQL as being roughly equivalent to Oracle/DB2? And JBoss roughly equivalent to WebSphere? I understand with DB2 there is the option to use DB2 Connect, an option MySQL doesn't allow for. So I appreciate its hard to compare directly. Regards, Glenn Nicholas Holipac. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
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