Database product selection for medium-sized enterprises

Currently, the database market is dominated by Oracle, MySQL, IBM DB2, and Microsoft sqlserver. Among them, MySQL is free, and the other three are relatively good commercial software. Free of charge has the advantages of free, and commercial has commercial advantages. Generally, small enterprises and some traditional portal websites use free software, large and medium-sized enterprises use commercial software because commercial software provides a better solution for data security and ease of use. Which database product is most suitable for medium-sized enterprises?

How can medium-sized enterprises select suitable database products? In general, it focuses on the security, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness of products, because most database products can meet the requirements of data storage and processing. IBM DB2 has always followed the high-end route, focusing on large-scale database applications, and also needs high-end servers for support. Microsoft SQL Server is also suitable for small enterprises, because it is relatively easy to use and inexpensive ,. NET development generally uses sqlserver as the database, which is a relatively low-end database product. Oracle databases have been concentrated in the large and medium-sized enterprise market for a long time and have a high share in the high-end market, the price is also relatively high, but after oracle11g, he specially tailored a version for medium-sized enterprises. Compared with database products with the same performance, the price also has a great competitive advantage. In addition, oracle11g is easier to operate. The technical strength of medium-sized enterprises is generally not very strong. They generally choose database products with simple operations. oracle11g has obviously learned this lesson, improved the operation methods, and provided a lot of automation, make it easier to use.

Personally, I am more interested in the new features of oracle11g. Automatic SQL optimization, partition recommendations, and data compression are all very useful functions, which can effectively reduce the learning and maintenance costs of database technicians. From a technical point of view, the more you understand the principle, the better. From a practical point of view, the ease of use is very important. Therefore, it is recommended that medium-sized enterprises select database products. First, consider the Medium Enterprise version of oracle11g, especially the databases used by application systems developed using Java.