On Thursday 29 Nov 2001 16:18, Fabien R. wrote: > > I saw somewhere that this comparaison existed but I can't remember > > where. > > Does it talk to anyone ?
I haven't seen one between InterBase and MySQL, but I do remember seeing one between PostgreSQL and InterBase. Allegedly, they thought that InterBase was faster in the single-user scenario. However, in my personal comparative test as of a few weeks ago, I have seen MySQL to be about twice as fast as PostgreSQL, and about 5-10 times as fast as InterBase. Unless you have a particular need for InterBase, I'd stay away from it. It doesn't particularly exceed the features of MySQL or PostgreSQL, and it is MUCH slower... It could be a performance issue due to Perl DBI, but I doubt it - just about all the CPU time was consumed by the database back ends. Additionally, InterBase, according even to their own documentation, doesn't scale very well with SMP. Since it didn't measure up even in the single-user scenario, I never got as far as testing it in the SMP type environment. Regards. Gordan --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
