Re: MS SQL Server vs Oracle, MySQL or MongoDB

  • From: Kumar Madduri <ksmadduri@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Ryan January <rjanuary@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:30:24 -0700

Thanks for all the responses. Additionally this is something I found which
is useful
https://www.simple-talk.com/author/jonathan-lewis/
http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/sql-server/  (the comments
are good as well)


On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Ryan January <rjanuary@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >"The other reason is probably the shop does not have unix sysadmins"
>
> The only releases I had to support on windows were 10.1 and 10.2, but it
> didn't leave a particularly bad taste in my mouth.  The bugs we did run
> into were generally cross platform.  We definitely didn't run into anything
> that would prevent me from at least considering it as a possibility.
>
> If it was Oracle or MS SQL on a windows box, I'll choose the lesser of two
> evils.
>
> Directly answering the question; many architecture decisions are driven by
> familiarity.  If you have plenty of .net developers, they'll likely have a
> preference for MS SQL and a traditional DBA is brought into the fold after
> the decisions have already been made.
>
>
> On Aug 27, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Jay Hostetter <hostetter.jay@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> It is very easy for non-DBAs to get SQL Server installed and running.
> Just a couple clicks of the mouse, connect as "sa", and you're done.
>
> I've seen a lot of these installs that wouldn't survive an auditor's
> review nor a disaster recovery situation.  But it get's their application
> up and running, so they are happy.
>
> Jay
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Kumar Madduri <ksmadduri@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello
>> I have just started to understand and learn MS SQL Server 2012 and from
>> what I understood so far
>> Why would anyone want to implement MS SQL Server ?
>> If cost is one reason, then there are options like MySQL or MongoDB which
>> would be less expensive than Oracle and can be used on multiple platforms.
>> If application vendor restricts to use MS SQL server then that is the
>> only reason I find to use MS SQL Server.
>> The other reason is probably the shop does not have unix sysadmins and
>> are comfortable with windows (windows shop).
>> Are there any other reasons why somebody would choose MS SQL server?
>>
>> Thank you
>> Kumar
>>
>
>
>

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