Posted by Brian Peasland on 10/02/43 11:44

> Price should be last on your list. Not because price is unimportant, but
> because the other issues are even more important. You'll have to do your
> own research, but here are some things that I have heard numerous times:
> - Licensing cost for MS SQL Server is cheaper than for a comparable
> Oracle setup. Of course, you do save on OS licensing costs if you
> run Oracle on Linux.

Linux is cheaper, in fact it is free. However, if you use one of the big
boys (Red Hat, etc), then you may end up paying a large amount for
support costs. I've seen Linux cost more than Windows...and I've seen it
cost less too. That being said, you can always run Oracle on Windows and
it becomes a wash.

> - Oracle databases are harder to manage. A single DBA can easily manage
> five or more SQL Servers, but you need at least three DBA's to manage
> a single Oracle instance.

I would disagree here. At least, I would disagree if you are using
Oracle 10g. I do caveat that with the notion that I have not experienced
SQL Server 2005 yet. But I do have plenty of experience with SQL Server
2000 and much more with Oracle. Oracle 10g is the most self-managing
database Oracle has ever put out. It is much easier to manage than
previous Oracle versions.

Cheers,
Brian


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