Thread: is linux ready for databases ? (Ziff Davis article on Oracle and Linux)

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From: Gregory S. Williamson
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 2:28 PM
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One of our sysads sent this link ... wondering if there is any comment on it from the world of actual users of linux
anda database. 

<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1738&ncid=738&e=9&u=/zd/20030825/tc_zd/55311>

Greg Williamson
DBA GlobeXplorer LLC

Gregory S. Williamson wrote:

> One of our sysads sent this link ... wondering if there
> is any comment on it from the world of actual users
> of linux and a database.
>
> <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1738&ncid=738&e=9&u=/zd/20030825/tc_zd/55311>

I found the following paragraph humorous:

"A key component that needs further development is the threading model
used by the system kernel, Binstock said. Multithreading is crucial to
running an enterprise database. Without it, a database would have to
handle every data query as it comes in, keeping all other queries
waiting in queue, since the system would be incapable of parallel
processing."

Mike Mascari
mascarm@mascari.com

Mike Mascari <mascarm@mascari.com> writes:

> Gregory S. Williamson wrote:
>
> > <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1738&ncid=738&e=9&u=/zd/20030825/tc_zd/55311>
>
> I found the following paragraph humorous:
>
> "A key component that needs further development is the threading model
> used by the system kernel, Binstock said. Multithreading is crucial to
> running an enterprise database. Without it, a database would have to
> handle every data query as it comes in, keeping all other queries
> waiting in queue, since the system would be incapable of parallel
> processing."

Yeah, this is ignorant on so many levels...

-Doug

On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 08:47, Mike Mascari wrote:
> Gregory S. Williamson wrote:
>
> > One of our sysads sent this link ... wondering if there
> > is any comment on it from the world of actual users
> > of linux and a database.
> >
> > <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1738&ncid=738&e=9&u=/zd/20030825/tc_zd/55311>
>
> I found the following paragraph humorous:
>
> "A key component that needs further development is the threading model
> used by the system kernel, Binstock said. Multithreading is crucial to
> running an enterprise database. Without it, a database would have to
> handle every data query as it comes in, keeping all other queries
> waiting in queue, since the system would be incapable of parallel
> processing."

Absolutely.  Multi-threaded OSs are a lot younger than enterprise-
level multi-user databases...

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make them into big productions."
Pitr Dubovitch

Yup, me too. Unthought out techspeak.

Mike Mascari wrote:

>Gregory S. Williamson wrote:
>
>
>
>>One of our sysads sent this link ... wondering if there
>>is any comment on it from the world of actual users
>>of linux and a database.
>>
>><http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1738&ncid=738&e=9&u=/zd/20030825/tc_zd/55311>
>>
>>
>
>I found the following paragraph humorous:
>
>"A key component that needs further development is the threading model
>used by the system kernel, Binstock said. Multithreading is crucial to
>running an enterprise database. Without it, a database would have to
>handle every data query as it comes in, keeping all other queries
>waiting in queue, since the system would be incapable of parallel
>processing."
>
>Mike Mascari
>mascarm@mascari.com
>
>
>
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