Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 16:07:29 -0700 From: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net> To: Chris Fuhrman <cfuhrman@tfcci.com> Cc: colug@stones.wcbe.org, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oracle DB Alternatives? (WAAAAAAY Off-topic) Message-ID: <20010524160729.A23634@darkstar.gte.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105241028440.28461-100000@icestorm.tfcc.com>; from cfuhrman@tfcci.com on Thu, May 24, 2001 at 10:53:17AM -0400 References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105241028440.28461-100000@icestorm.tfcc.com>
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On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 10:53:17AM -0400, Chris Fuhrman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Howdy, > > Okay, this is WAAAAAY off-topic for this group but given the technical > expertise here, I'd thought I'd ask anyway. > > The company I work for currently uses Oracle for one of it's platforms. > Right now Oracle is running on relatively inexpensive hardware (Solaris > x86) and for what it does it works. The problem is that we're starting to > reach the performance limit of the db servers. What's the solution? > Upgrade our boxes. > > We would absolutely LOVE to put our db engine on Sun Enterprise-class > servers and we've even got an E450 we could put it on. The main problem > is that Oracle licensing is, hmmm, a bit out of our budget. Like, way out > our budget. Like, who-do-you-think-we-are-friggen-Boeing out of our > budget. > > So we're now faced with the following rather unpleasant scenarios: > > 1) Pay Oracle a boat-load of money for every server we purchase > > 2) Switch Database Engines > > Does anyone have any experience with migrating from Oracle to another > platform? We're presently looking at the following alternatives: > > * Informix > * IBM DB2 > * PostgreSQL (My boss keeps asking me about this) > SAP's open source ADABAS clone? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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