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Date:      Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:04:05 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, smp@csn.net, opsys@mail.webspan.net, jak@cetlink.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3.0-RELEASE?
Message-ID:  <199803031604.JAA29061@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.95.980303143444.3809A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
References:  <199803030519.WAA26387@mt.sri.com> <Pine.SV4.3.95.980303143444.3809A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>

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> > > I just found out that ODI's ObjectStore uses Transitive Closure
> > > calculations to manage objects.  They've got one of the fastest object db
> > > implementations around for this and other reasons.
> > 
> > Bwah, hah, hah, hah, hah.  (Wiping tears from my eyes..)
> > 
> > You've *GOT* to be kidding, right?  ObjectStore is fast for a ObjectDB,
> > but it's *darn* slow as compared to a relational DB, like Oracle and/or
> > Informix.
> > 
> > (We use their Java engine in our product, but speedy it ain't.  And the
> > locking in ObjectStore is useless at best.  At least their payware Java
> > DB has the ability to have more than one 'session' open on a DB at a
> > time.)
> 
> You're looking at the PSE which is completely different.  You're playing
> with a one user toy, a nice toy but still a toy.

PSE/PRO is more than a one user toy.  PSE is the one-user toy, PSE/PRO
at least allows more than one session per process, unlike ObjectStore.

> ODI's ObjectStore is faster than Oracle, Sybase, or Informix.  Much
> faster. 

We've demo'd ObjectStore, and because of the 'one-process per DB'
locking they have, it's basically useless.  (And, the much faster we've
not seen either.)



Nate

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