[Gllug] Snoracle (was Re: new project HA at home and away)

[Tethys]

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David L Neil writes:

>Oracle and (early) MySQL were based on diametrically-opposed 
>philosophies. The latter was built for speed and happily took 
>short-cuts, whereas the former went for guarantees, aimed to never lose 
>data, journalling, integrity, locks, blah-blah-blah. It is not really 
>fair to compare.

Sure it is. Ultimately, it's a case of "do I trust my data to A or B?".
It doesn't matter what the design philosophies of A and B were, it's
purely a case of "does A or B best suit what I need?". Thus you pretty
much *have* to compare them (and in doing so, MySQL came last every
time for me -- YMMV).

Tet
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