Thanks to all who responded, the information so far was helpful. We
heard the same thing about Progress versus SQL for versions 6.1 and
earlier. We may wait to hear more about the differences in 8.0.
Would be great to hear from anyone else. More infor always better!
heard the same thing about Progress versus SQL for versions 6.1 and
earlier. We may wait to hear more about the differences in 8.0.
Would be great to hear from anyone else. More infor always better!
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "John Sykes" <john.sykes@k...> wrote:
> We're a new Vantage 8.0.802b customer and are using SQL Server
2000. We
> did a ton of due diligence on the database selection issue and we
> learned from Epicor that prior to 8.0 there were SIGNIFICANT
advantages
> to being on Progress. With the new Progress OpenEdge 10.0
development
> environment that is the foundation for the 8.0 Vantage product,
it's my
> understanding that the gap has been substantially narrowed and that
a
> "native" Progress installation will only have a 3 to 4% performance
edge
> over a SQL-based installation. The message I got from very seasoned
> Epicor sources was "Go with what you've got -- If you're already
> supporting a SQL Server and know how to administer it, you're
better off
> sticking with it"
>
> I gave Epicor every opportunity to tell me to use Progress and they
> stuck to the "Go with what you know" line. We're not yet in
production
> and I have no historical basis for comparison, but the development
and
> test environments we're running are certainly not DB-bound from
what I
> can tell.
>
> John Sykes
> Kaleidescape, Inc.
>
>
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> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Geary, Stephanie
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 11:40 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] SQL versus Progress server
>
>
> Really really bad and really really really SLOW!!!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]
On
> Behalf
> Of jeremyrleonard@a...
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:34 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Vantage] SQL versus Progress server
>
>
> It went really really really bad for us and we went back to
> progress but that was Version 5.1 so maybe things are better.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fselliott2 <fselliott2@y...>
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:21:52 -0000
> Subject: [Vantage] SQL versus Progress server
>
>
> We are currently running 6.1.529 on a Progress server. We
are
> considering switching to a SQL server, as it seems to be more
> common
> and has more flexibility. We are also planning to move to 8.0
> early
> next year. Does anyone have any opinions on running on
Progress
> versus
> SQL, advantages & disadvantages?
>
> Also, has anyone converted from Progress to SQL. From what I
> understand custom programming has to convert the database for
> us.
> Was
> wondering what all that might involve. Thanks.
>
>
>
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