Re: Looking for RDBM reviews and ratings

From: Wayne Snyder (wsnyder_at_computeredservices.com)
Date: 04/18/04 

Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 08:05:12 -0400

This is always a tough question... I would google it.... and I would also
check the web sites of each of the vendors, each vendors site will usually
have a comparison and show the weak points of the competitor..

The TPC web site will show some comparative performance information, but
don't choose based on a single test.... Each vendor ups the other, and the
top spots change from one vendor to the next, like a ping pong game... Look
for trends - ie for small data warehouses does one vendor seem to lead
everywhere.... What about for extremely large warehouses, etc.... you can
also sometimes get a feel for what hardware works well for a particular DBMS
from the TPC numbers as well..

Then do your own testing... compare the prices, support policies, ease of
use and maintenance, availability of skilled people to program using the db,
etc and pick what you feel is best...

Now days, almost all of the products are so good you can be successfull with
any of them, so just pick the best fit.. 

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"Richard Lawson" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I am looking for reviews and rating of the top RDBM products. I would like
> to know how SQL compares to other products.
>
> Rich
>
>

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