There was a comparison run on eweek.com a few months ago that tested the top databases, including MySQL, using a JDBC interface. Oracle came on top, as you would expect, and it should for the money. MySQL was second, MSSQL was dead last. All were "professionally" tuned as I recall. However, MSSQL was the fastest by quite a margin if you dropped the JDBC connector and used all Microsoft technologies, front, middle and back ends. Not a setup I would like, but some might find it comforting. I think they had all databases running under Windows. You would probably get far better performance running the other databases under Unix, which is a nice option to have.
On Thursday, September 19, 2002, at 07:50 AM, John Griffin wrote: > The reason I brought Oracle up in the first place is because a properly > tuned Oracle database will outperform everybody in high load conditions. -- Brent Baisley Systems Architect Landover Associates, Inc. Search & Advisory Services for Advanced Technology Environments p: 212.759.6400/800.759.0577 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
