Powerhouse & database choices.

[Rob Kool]

Hi Russel,

I've just ported 5 application (most of them only a couple of 100 megs) from
Interbase on DG-UX to Oracle 8i on HP-UX. We did encounter a few problems
(converting chars to varchars) but nothing major.

I agree with Kent Heatherington that Oracle is the platform to go with if
you have to switch to something else. 

With regards to the knowledge that is needed, this is not an awful lot.
Basically once you have your Database instances running, you can rely on
normal SQL to do the rest (OK there are some difference in SQL dialect but
nothing really hard).

Rob Kool
Consultant
CDP Ltd.
New Zealand
-----Original Message-----
From: Russell Garner [mailto:russell_garner@aapl.com.au]
Sent: Monday, 18 June 2001 15:38
To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
Subject: Powerhouse & database choices.



Dear all,

My company is endeavouring to port our current Powerhouse software onto
another 
platform away from non supported Data General and Interbase products,
and I am 
just after opinions on what people think are our replacement options.

We originally went down the NT/SQL7 path but ran into data throughput
issues
as an ODBC connection to the database isn't feasible for us.

With this, and for many other reasons, we've decided to stay with a Unix
solution.
HP/UX is at the top of the list for now, but I'd like to get some
feedback from 
others out there as to what they have and their impressions of it.

Since Interbase is no longer supported, what databases are
recommended/viable for 
use on a Unix box (HP or other) We currently only have twenty or so
users on the 
system and the database size (currently Interbase) is only about 4Gig.
We don't 
want to go the Oracle way as we don't have the manpower to look after
it.

Any ideas, suggestions, or general comments are warmly welcomed.

Thanks
Russell Garner
Senior Analyst
Australian Arrow 




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