Looking for RDBM reviews and ratings

I am looking for reviews and rating of the top RDBM products. I would like
to know how SQL compares to other products.
Rich
Rich,
in terms of performance and cost, the Transaction Processing Performance
Council maintain a set of independant comparisons you may find useful:
http://www.tpc.org/.
Regards,
Paul Ibison
|||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
>
|||Hi Richard.
I like going to the various vendors sites for comparisons as they all love
to tell you what their product does that the others don't (:
Other than TPC, you might also consider visiting a few ERP vendors such as
sap, peoplesoft, jde etc as they sometimes have comparative benchmarks. ERPs
owned by software vendors such as Oracle 11i, Greatplains etc are obvious
exceptions..
Regards,
Greg Linwood
SQL Server MVP
"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
>
|||The problem that I have is dealing with properity vendors for the front end
bussiness software which have their own database solutions like 'Progress'
and others but I can find very little DB information for their products.
Corporate management is going to make product decision but my concern is for
some open architecture in the DB services.
Rich
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> Hi Richard.
> I like going to the various vendors sites for comparisons as they all love
> to tell you what their product does that the others don't (:
> Other than TPC, you might also consider visiting a few ERP vendors such as
> sap, peoplesoft, jde etc as they sometimes have comparative benchmarks.
ERPs[vbcol=seagreen]
> owned by software vendors such as Oracle 11i, Greatplains etc are obvious
> exceptions..
> Regards,
> Greg Linwood
> SQL Server MVP
> "Richard Lawson" <nospam@.nospam.com> wrote in message
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|||Hi Richard,
I am including the following articles for your reference.
SQL Server 2000 for Oracle Database Professionals
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/evaluat...are/oracle.asp
SQL Server 2000 provides organizations with a scalable, reliable, and
affordable relational database and analysis solution. Oracle developers and
IT professionals can learn more about the benefits of using SQL Server by
reviewing these resources.
SQL Server 2000 for IBM Database Professionals
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/evaluat...bm/default.asp
SQL Server 2000 provides organizations with a scalable, reliable, and
affordable relational database and analysis solution. IBM developers and IT
professionals can learn more about the benefits of using SQL Server by
reviewing these resources.
SQL Server 2000 for Sybase Database Professionals
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/evaluat...are/sybase.asp
Discover how to reduce costs, improve performance, and improve business
agility by migrating from Sybase to SQL Server.
Companies Switching to SQL Server
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/evaluat.../switchers.asp
Companies are recognizing the rich capabilities of SQL Server, including
its ability to get them to market faster at significantly reduced
operational costs. Find out why these customers made the switch to SQL
Server.
Regards,
Michael Shao
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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