RE: mysql

Well, you did.  But go ahead and get your meds checked anyway!  I always feel 
better when I do!  ;-)
 
Joe
"Mercadante, Thomas F" <thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Man. I got to get my medication checked. I could have swore that I just
saw these last set of emails already this morning.

-----Original Message-----
From: Walt Weaver [mailto:weaver1308@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 5:03 PM
To: oracle_l
Subject: Re: mysql

On Apr 4, 2005 12:54 PM, stephen booth wrote:
> On Apr 4, 2005 7:11 PM, David 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
> 
--Walt Weaver
Bozeman, Montana
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