[lug] Linux DBMS

[Subba Rao]

On  0, Evelyn Mitchell <efm at tummy.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 11:35:30AM -0500, Subba Rao wrote:
> > 
> > I am currently looking at using a DBMS server on a Linux system.
> > Are Linux systems used as DBMS servers? If yes, what HW configuration
> > would be recommended for a DBMS server for a e-Business application?
> 
> Yes, Linux has several good DBs available, from the free and fast
> MySQL, to the free object relational PostgreSQL, to the commercial
> Databases: Informix, Oracle, Solid and others.
> 
> The HW configuration depends on your requirements for storage
> capacity, speed, transactions, reliability. 
> 
> > Which DBMS systems perform well on Linux and are not resource hogs?
> 
> It depends on what you're trying to do.
> 

The problem here is that there is no capacity planning done. We don't know
if the application will be widely used or be left to die a slow death.
Assuming that it is somewhat popular, what type of HW is typically used in the
commercial environment. Most commercial servers seem to have RAID disks.

I have used Postgres long ago and was impressed with it. I have never used
MSQL. What is the support like for the commercial systems on Linux?

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