Open Source Database Questions

Because of the current economy we are being encouraged to consider open source 
databases.  

One of the vendors has referenced a JTPCC benchmark which is an open source 
Java version of TPCC.  Has anyone heard of JTPCC?  Is it in any way truly 
comparable to TPCC?  Keep in mind that I am skeptical of TPCC so this may be a 
loaded question.

Is anyone currently using open source databases in production?  Our typical 
database is approximately 200G but the range is 50G to 3.5T.  One of our 
typical databases has approximately 200 distinct users at any one time.  Any 
thoughts on a sweet spot for open source databases?

This does all come down to money!  I am pretty sure that we will have an open 
source database inhouse by year end.  The major question is how best to use it.

Thanks,

Pete Barnett
Database Technologies Lead
Regence


      
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