Dennis, Thank you for this summary.
Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 12:13 PM > I recently prepared a total cost comparison between Oracle and MS SQL. I > appreciate the support several people on this list provided me. In return, > here are some of the main points I learned. > - For smaller systems, investigate whether Oracle Standard Edition will > meet your requirements. For example, most people assume that to use > replication, you need EE. For our purposes the basic replication that comes > with SE was adequate. > - Microsoft also offers SQL in both EE and SE versions. Thanks very much > to Gints Plivna for providing me a feature-by-feature comparison between the > different versions. MS SE is not equivalent to Oracle SE. In most cases, the > more valid comparison is between MS SQL EE and Oracle SE. > - For maintenance, there are two parts to consider: Upgrade privilege and > support. Oracle bundles both of these together. Make sure Microsoft is > priced with Software Assurance, which gives upgrade privilege. Microsoft > prices support by the incident or by the location (all Microsoft software). > I was never able to get a comparison. > - MS SQL EE with Software Assurance is actually more expensive than Oracle > SE. Priced by the CPU. > - Since pricing is by CPU and RISC systems offer higher database > performance (according to many people on this list) and Oracle offers higher > performance in a head-to-head comparison (according to the recently > published Eweek benchmark), I compared Oracle SE on a 1-CPU Sun box with MS > SQL on a 2-CPU Intel box. The Intel box was cheaper, but those two CPUs > really kill you on licensing! In my mind I am convinced that both setups > could offer equivalent performance. > - I was provided figures that the average DBA salary (including health, > vacation, etc.) on Oracle is $85,000 and on MS SQL $68,500. A leading > industry analyst stated that the main reason MS SQL sites have less > reliability is because there are few processes to ensure high availability, > high performance. Developing these processes in the MS SQL world is more > trial-and-error while these are well-documented in the Oracle world. I would > add that several authors that participate in this list have created that > documentation. > > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Igor Neyman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
