Re: Which SQL is the best for servers?

On Feb 16, 11:12 am, Paulie <linehan(dot)p(dot)(dot)(dot)(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Feb 16, 5:51 pm, joel garry <joel-ga(dot)(dot)(dot)(at)home(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > Check out Oracle XE and apex.  No cost to you, and you can pay to
> > scale as appropriate.
>
> Before rushing to download Oracle XE, check out
>
> http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/cunningham-database-xe....
>
> Limitations.
> 1 GB of RAM (OP has 32),
> 1 CPU (with 32GB of RAM?) and a
> 4GD data limit.
>
> For millions of queries per hour? For POC of an app, this is fine,
> however for
> performance testing, it's a non-runner.

I guess I wasn't clear enough on the "and you can pay to scale as
appropriate."

For testing/development purposes, you can download the various
editions of Oracle and see what they can do. The XE/Apex (or whatever
development environs) is just for getting something working quick.
When you see what the other editions can do, then you decide what you
need - plus you can decide on the low end, not a big deal to move up
if the situation warrants. The patching issue Troels mentioned may or
may not make a difference for a production environment exposed to the
world, but I'm not advocating XE for this in production, just for
developing.

Of course, one usual screwup is testing time/volume of rows returned,
where some toy db can outperform Oracle. Real performance testing
requires realistic load tests, and that can be a lot of work,
especially for a small group with one box.

>
> You are allowed AFAIK, download the full server for testing (but not
> deployment). The OP hasn't really given the group enough information
> about the system for anyone here to be able to answer any
> serious questions about an app that's (supposedly) going
> to be almost as busy as Google!

I think we may all agree on this!

>
> No CPU data, no disk array data - they haven't even chosen
> an OS and are not sure where to put their web server (and
> no mention of an app server tier!).

Since they seem uncertain of actual volume, all these things need to
be put in terms of a scalability plan.

>
> Maybe they should run with the mauve db?
>

With scissors!

jg
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