Re: selecting DB on linux

["Hatsuhiro, Inc." <hatuhiro@example.com>]

How about MySQL?  I'm interested in it but don't know about the detail.

Hoshino

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fredric Fredricson" <fredric.fredriksson@example.com>
To: <tlug@example.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: selecting DB on linux


> Jonathan Shore wrote:
> >
> > I'm moving away from oracle on Linux (a monster of a DB which was a
> > nightmare to install and maintain) and looking to replace with another
DB.
> >
> > I'm looking for a DB which has a balance of the following:
> >
> > *       conservative memory & cpu footprint (when not in use)
> > *       db recoverability (machine may go up and down unexpectedly)
[sounds
> > bizzare but can explain if anyone is interested].
> > *       reasonable performance, but with an architecture that can scale
> > *       SQL compliance
> >
> Unless open source is important to you:
>
> * Mimer: http://www.mimer.com
> * Solid Embedded Engine: http://www.solidtech.com
>
> Both are SQL compliant (Mimer slightly more so) and have views,
> triggers,
> foreign keys, PSM etc...
> >From a technical standpoint they are similar and both use something
> called
> "Optimistic Concurrency Control" for transaction management (no locks!)
> Both of them store data in "standard" files.
>
> Don't know about footprint, but compared to Oracle anything is small....
>
> Solid seems to be faster in our tests (so far). None of them is
> difficult
> to install. Both recommend ODBC for Linux use other options are
> available
> but nothing you want to use. Mimer has free development versions for up
> to
> 10 users on their web server. Not 100% sure about Solid but I think they
> have some similar offer.
>
> /Fredric Fredricson
>
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