I suppose there will always be that facet out there
that think spending $46zillion dollars on Oracle
is ok because saying 'we use Oracle' is just plain sexy
and the option includes, you know, a free t-shirt and
hat.
Im sure there are specific valid reasons for not using
MySQL. None of them were expressed in the quote-unquote.
IMHO, the arguments presented were uninformed, misleading,
and more than likely self-serving.
Mike Robinson
IT / Developer - Toronto Star TV
Phone: 416.945.8786
Fax: 416.869.4566
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boget, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 9:36 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Downsides of MySQL?
>
>
> Good morning.
> Recently, we presented MySQL as a database option for a website that
> we might be working on. We've used it as our database in the past and
> we plan on using it in the future as possible.
> With that said, I confess I don't have as intimate a
> knowledge of mySQL
> to address some of the things in the email that was sent to
> me. I'd like
> to hear what some of you have to say/think about this. I know some
> of the things said below aren't entirely correct, but I'm not
> 100% sure
> about some of the others.
>
> --Begin Quote--
>
> MySQL - as I said at our meeting, we would not be comfortable
> with this
> as an enterprise strength solution. MySQL is unsupported freeware and
> lacks enterprise management functionality. It has a small
> limited feature
> set compared to ORACLE, DB/2 and is lacking the functionality
> to support
> data replication and has little capability for generating
> management info.
> There are question marks around the scalability of the
> product, I'm not
> sure of the locking algorithms used (whether row level or
> record level) -
> the
> fact that it is not generally used in multi-user solutions is
> a good enough
> indication that this is not accepted database technology for
> industrial-strength
> multi-user systems.
> The fact that it is unsupported freeware would mean that an
> end user would
> potentially be "held to ransom" by a DBA with specific
> knowledge. The mySQL
> security model is also not sufficiently developed for any system that
> involves
> money.
> I would not be prepared to sign-off any solution containing mySQL.
>
> --End Quote--
>
> I'd love to get your input.
>
> Thank you for your time and your knowledge.
>
> Chris
>
