Re: [NTISP] Web Database question

Dale E. Reed Jr. ( (no email) )
Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:55:22 -0700

John wrote:
>
> If I wanted to run database applications on a LINUX server (PII-350 with
> 256mb 100MHZ SDRAM running Caldera OpenLinux 2.2) what would the two
> databases of choice be in priority order? The database would be expected to
> start off at about 300MB of data and grow at 10-12% per year and would need
> to service several hundred users per hour. Please give some examples why
> the databases you mention should be my leading choices.

I like Sybase on linux. Its free and works fairly simliar to MS SQL
Server. It should be fairly scaleable and I've had great success
working with it on Linux.

Dale