Matt Sergeant writes:
> On Wed, 06 Oct 1999, Perrin Harkins wrote:
> > Matt Sergeant wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 05 Oct 1999, Frank Livaudais wrote:
> > > > > Check out slashdot: <URL: http://slashdot.org> which serves up about half a
> > > > > million hits a day (all dynamic) from a single dual xeon box running
> > > > > mod_perl.
> > > >
> > > > What database is this running? Does anyone know? We are looking to run
>Oracle 8i
> > > > on a Sun box with Solaris. Our biggest hit has been on the database side. I
> > > > think our mod perl side can take it, but are there special ways we could
>configure
> > > > it to interact better with a database server, etc?
> > >
> > > It's running MySQL, and Oracle is your problem. The trouble is it's just
> > > too damn slow (no flame wars please, unless you've run side by side
> > > comparisons to prove me wrong with 8i - my tests were on Oracle 7). Either
> > > switch to Sybase (significantly faster while still offering all the
> > > features of Oracle) or realise that you don't need all those features and
> > > switch to MySQL. (MySQL doesn't have views, triggers, transactions and a
> > > bunch of other important features that Oracle provides).
> >
> > Oracle could never be as fast as MySQL at returning a bunch of data from
> > a simple query. The additional features will slow it down. However,
> > I've seen it come close with good DBAs and good hardware, and even pass
> > MySQL on more complex queries where its strengths come into play. It
> > should be able to compete favorably with Sybase in this department, if
> > properly tuned and cared for, but I've never used Sybase so I can't
> > speak from experience.
My experience (admittedly limited with Oracle) is that Sybase requires
quite a bit less resources than Oracle for a given performance level
(ie transactions per second). I also think that Sybase has superior
backup and restore facilities.
Also Sybase has a totally free version out for linux (ie it's not
supported but it's free for both development and deployment) which
could be interesting for a startup, and potentially migrate to more
serious hardware for the dataserver later, as needed...
Michael
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