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Except when you need to scale.

• bdangubic 2y ago
  this of course is false… it scales fine if you know what you are doing.
  • manquer 2y ago
    This is true for most databases though . How much is out of the box or simple easy to access configuration not magic incantations either you need expensive courses to know or be battle hardened with years of experience is the question really
  • breadwinner 2y ago
    It is of course true... it is well known that SQL Server scales to department level, but Oracle scales to company level. This is true inside Microsoft and Oracle as well. Inside Microsoft, they have a bug database per division but Oracle has a single database for the entire company. Ask people who work at those companies. See also scalability sections in these artcles: https://airbyte.com/data-engineering-resources/oracle-vs-sql-server https://airbyte.com/data-engineering-resources/oracle-vs-sql... https://futuramo.com/blog/oracle-vs-sql-server-head-to-head-comparison/ https://futuramo.com/blog/oracle-vs-sql-server-head-to-head-...
    • bdangubic 2y ago
      if it is good for SO it should be good for most :) https://stackoverflow.blog/2008/09/21/what-was-stack-overflow-built-with/ https://stackoverflow.blog/2008/09/21/what-was-stack-overflo...
      • breadwinner 2y ago
        You don't believe that web visitors are directly querying SQL Server, right? I can believe they are storing their employee database in SQL Server... they have hundreds of employees.
        • bdangubic 2y ago
          do some research and then come back here… coming with shit like “you don’t believe they are querying sql server directly” is childish and unprofessional.