Re: mysql

On Apr 4, 2005 12:54 PM, stephen booth <stephenbooth.uk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Apr 4, 2005 7:11 PM, David <thump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > What are the largest pros and cons involved in discussing mysql versus
> > Oracle?
> 
> MySQL doesn't have the recoverability features of Oracle, you lose a
> disk and you've lost everything since the last backup.  

Not true. MySQL binlogs are similar to Oracle redo logs and can be
used for point-in-time recovery. We have over 200 MySQL databases
running 4.x with binlogs and replication and have experienced no data
loss from server crashes.

> 
> MySQL scaling is a joke.  

It certainly isn't in Oracle's league as far as scalaility is concerned.

> 
> Stephen
> 
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