Luls Ale[andro Lchenlque uel 8lo 1132226

vlcLorla Munoz 1131849

27/02/14


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MusL of organlzaLlon lmplemenLs daLa bases on Lhelr sysLem's archlLecLure. All of Lhem specs
dlfferenL need and processes LhaL Lhey wanL Lo be able Lo accompllsh ln less Llme and cosL. 1oday we
are comparlng 2 of Lhe blggesL daLa base companles, oracle and MlcrosofL.



An Cracle daLabase ls a collecLlon of daLa LreaLed as a unlL. 1he purpose of Lhe daLabase ls Lo
sLore lnformaLlon and be avallable for when requesLs are needed. A daLabase server ls needed Lo sLore
Lhls lnformaLlon and help solve Lhe problems of lnformaLlon managemenL. An Cracle daLabase uses Lhe
Cracle SCL programmlng language Lo manlpulaLe and manage Lhe daLabase.
Cracle daLabase has had dlfferenL verslons over Lhe years and Lhe currenL ls 12c lL also offers
dlfferenL edlLlons LhaL flL each company's needs for example:
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536$#$*&7&$ Slmpllfled daLabase
consolldaLlon aL a greaLer
denslLy
MulLlLenanL archlLecLure ln Lhe
daLabase Ller raLher Lhan Lhe
appllcaLlon Ller for SaaS
requlremenLs
lncrease scalablllLy and
server uLlllzaLlon
Manage many daLabases
as one
$330 $77
!&$*+4+#/* 8eneflLs cusLomers deploylng
prlvaLe daLabase clouds and
SaaS vendors looklng for Lhe
power of Cracle daLabase ln a
secure and lsolaLed mulLlLenanL
model.
AuLomaLlc uaLa
CpLlmlzaLlon feaLures
efflclenLly manage more
daLa, lower sLorage
cosLs, and lmprove
daLabase performance
uefense-ln-depLh
daLabase securlLy
addresses evolvlng
LhreaLs and sLrlngenL
daLa prlvacy regulaLlons
$930 $209
2$7&"7+" SupporL for one pluggable
daLabase for enLry-level cloud
compuLlng and consolldaLlon
Cross-plaLform recovery
Slmpllfled lnsLallaLlon and
conflguraLlon
Save by buylng only whaL
you need Loday, and
scale as needed wlLh
Cracle 8eal AppllcaLlon
ClusLers
$330 $77
Luls Ale[andro Lchenlque uel 8lo 1132226
vlcLorla Munoz 1131849
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We personally have had Lhe experlence Lo work wlLh Cracle SCL uaLabases before and lL's been greaL.
lL's really Lo use and undersLand and we've been able Lo lmplemenL lL on our pro[ecLs wlLh greaL resulLs.

MlcrosofL SCL Server ls a relaLlonal daLabase managemenL sysLem developed by MlcrosofL. As a
daLabase, lL ls a sofLware producL whose prlmary funcLlon ls Lo sLore and reLrleve daLa as requesLed by
oLher sofLware appllcaLlons, be lL Lhose on Lhe same compuLer or Lhose runnlng on anoLher compuLer
across a neLwork.
MlcrosofL SCL has had dlfferenL verslons over Lhe years and Lhe currenL ls 12c lL also offers
dlfferenL edlLlons LhaL flL each company's needs for example:

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!&$*+4+#1* SCL Server 2012 LnLerprlse
dellvers comprehenslve
hlgh-end daLacenLer
capablllLles for demandlng
daLabase and buslness
lnLelllgence requlremenLs.
1he LnLerprlse edlLlon
provldes Lhe hlghesL servlce
and performance levels for
mlsslon crlLlcal workloads
on a comprehenslve daLa
plaLform.
Avallable llcenslng models per
core
Channel avallablllLy
o volume
o 3rd parLy hosLlng
$6,874 per
core
remler
SupporL

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8&$*66#9*&1*
SCL Server 2012 8uslness
lnLelllgence dellvers a
comprehenslve plaLform
empowerlng organlzaLlons
Lo bulld and deploy secure,
scalable and manageable 8l
soluLlons.

Avallable llcenslng models
server+cal
Channel avallablllLy
o volume
o 3rd parLy hosLlng
o l
$8,392 per
server
remler
SupporL

2$7&"7+" SCL Server 2012 SLandard
dellvers baslc daLa
managemenL and buslness
lnLelllgence capablllLles for
non-crlLlcal workloads wlLh
mlnlmal l1 resources.

Avallable llcenslng models
server+cal and per core
Channel avallablllLy
o volume
o 3rd parLy hosLlng
l
$1,793 per
core or
$898 per
server
remler
SupporL

!:4+*// SCL Server 2012 Lxpress Commerclal, academlc and lree demo remler
Luls Ale[andro Lchenlque uel 8lo 1132226
vlcLorla Munoz 1131849
27/02/14

edlLlon ls an enLry-level,
free daLabase LhaL ls ldeal
for learnlng and bulldlng
deskLop and small server
daLa-drlven appllcaLlons.

developlng purpose SupporL


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Cn boLh slLes Lhey compare Lhemselves wlLh Lhelr compeLlLors. Accordlng Lo MlcrosofL Lhe
menLlon LhaL oracle doesn'L have:
Mlsslon crlLlcal performance ScalablllLy and hlgh avallablllLy
Self-servlce buslness lnLelllgence Lools ouL-of-Lhe-box
llexlble deploymenL across on-premlse, prlvaLe and publlc cloud
naLlve lnLegraLlon wlLh MlcrosofL ShareolnL and MlcrosofL offlce
More secure
ueveloper producLlvlLy
1oLal cosL for ownershlp
1alklng abouL Lhe scalablllLy oracle menLlons on Lhelr slLe abouL 1ransparenL appllcaLlon
scalablllLy". Also on Lhe oracle slLe you can flnd a whole documenL dedlcaLed on Lhe comparlson wlLh
MlcrosofL SCL. 1hey menLlons LhaL MlcrosofL ls lack of so many Lhlngs. Some of Lhem ls LhaL MlcrosofL
doesn'L have:
8ullL ln daLabase fallure deLecLlon
arLlal backup sLraLegy
Clone daLabase over Lhe neLwork
AcLlve clusLerlng
Cnllne add, drop exchange and move parLlLlons
8ecycle bln
AuLomaLlc resLore

Pere ls a llLLle pros and cons of each company
;%<47&= 0+%/ ;%&/
(+716* use lL on mulLlple
operaLlng sysLems
Advance clusLerlng
1echnology grouplng
owerful language of
SCL
vulnerablllLles on
securlLy
More expenslve
Luls Ale[andro Lchenlque uel 8lo 1132226
vlcLorla Munoz 1131849
27/02/14

5#1+%/%.$ ConnecLlvlLy wlLh oLher
MlcrosofL producLs.
8eference of blg
companles.
Lxplrlence
Ware houslng
Lasy Lo lnsLall and
manage

uoesn'L run on Llnux and
Mac
CanL creaLe funcLlons

Why noL compare Lhem wlLh M?SCL? As a maLLer of facL, for codlng Lhey're now complllng Lhelr
P down Lo C++ code uslng PlpPopP and abouL 90 of Lhelr servers are runnlng Lhe C++ blnarles
lnsLead of Lhe P scrlpLs. 1helr MySCL daLabase mlghL save Lhem a dlme or Lwo, buL Lhe cosLs Lo
malnLaln lL, scale lL, eLc. ls exLremely lnLense. A producL llke Cracle or MlcrosofL however would really
allow you Lo scale seamlessly compared Lo MySCL.
As far as we can see and we now oracle have many more feaLures for less prlce. 8uL ls hard Lo
compare Lhem because every organlzaLlons have dlfferenL needs and dlfferenL values preposlLlons LhaL's
why some Llmes Cracle mlghL noL be Lhe rlghL opLlons for some cusLomers. Someone mlghL wanL more
feaLures and some oLher mlghL wanL Lo reduce cosL.

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1echnlcal Comparlson of Cracle uaLabase 12c vs. MlcrosofL SCL Server 2012 8y: oracle
hLLp://www.oracle.com/LechneLwork/daLabase/avallablllLy/ha-oracle12c-sqlserver2012-2049933.pdf
Leaplng lorward: SCL Server 2012 Compared Lo Cracle uaLabase 11g 8y :MlcrosofL
flle:///users/luls/uownloads/Leaplng_lorward_SCL_Server_2012_Compared_Lo_Cracle_uaLabase_11g
_WhlLepaper.pdf
Cracle vs. SCL Server
hLLp://coug.ab.ca/wp-conLenL/uploads/2012/10/Cracle_vs._SCL_Server.pdf
MlcrosofL: hLLp://www.mlcrosofL.com/en-us/sqlserver/defaulL.aspx
Cracle: hLLp://www.oracle.com/us/producLs/daLabase/overvlew/lndex.hLml