Comments on: Technical basics of Sybase IQ http://www.dbms2.com/2010/05/17/technical-basics-of-sybase-iq/ Choices in data management and analysis Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:22:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Curt Monash http://www.dbms2.com/2010/05/17/technical-basics-of-sybase-iq/#comment-188976 Curt Monash Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:16:57 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=2163#comment-188976 Dweller, If you're saying that Sybase IQ can keep all the database's information in its indexes ... well, you have a point. But that's not always the implementation choice made. Dweller,

If you’re saying that Sybase IQ can keep all the database’s information in its indexes … well, you have a point.

But that’s not always the implementation choice made.

]]> By: Dweller http://www.dbms2.com/2010/05/17/technical-basics-of-sybase-iq/#comment-188946 Dweller Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:31:49 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=2163#comment-188946 You are referring/comparing Sybase IQ with Vertica. Actually it should be the other way around as the original Sybase IQ technology has been around for about 18+ years. I also need to sensitize you on some of the facts. Your statement... 'Sybase IQ relies on indexes to retrieve data' is not entirely true as the data is already stored in a highly optimized index which means when you query the data it will be ready the index rather than data as there is not flat data stored somewhere. Having said that, there are so many players entering the market the last 3 year and those 'not so new' technologies are doing well. I'm a firm believer in competition and that's what the Sybase's, Teradata's, Netezza's need to keep them ahead. Have you noticed I did not mention Oracle or IBM DB2 UDB or MS SQL Server as they are the worst performers in the analytical db space. I've implemented analytical DW's for the past 11 years and none of the latter could cope with the massive high volumes of data. Even the Open Source guys are making waves and passing the Big Red and Blue when it gets to VVLDB's (Very Very Large Databases)or MTDB's (multi terabyte > 20TB) Watch the Open Source players they are catching up fast and is way more cost effective than the old boys of databases. Thanks for your reviews. You are referring/comparing Sybase IQ with Vertica. Actually it should be the other way around as the original Sybase IQ technology has been around for about 18+ years. I also need to sensitize you on some of the facts. Your statement… ‘Sybase IQ relies on indexes to retrieve data’ is not entirely true as the data is already stored in a highly optimized index which means when you query the data it will be ready the index rather than data as there is not flat data stored somewhere.

Having said that, there are so many players entering the market the last 3 year and those ‘not so new’ technologies are doing well. I’m a firm believer in competition and that’s what the Sybase’s, Teradata’s, Netezza’s need to keep them ahead. Have you noticed I did not mention Oracle or IBM DB2 UDB or MS SQL Server as they are the worst performers in the analytical db space. I’ve implemented analytical DW’s for the past 11 years and none of the latter could cope with the massive high volumes of data. Even the Open Source guys are making waves and passing the Big Red and Blue when it gets to VVLDB’s (Very Very Large Databases)or MTDB’s (multi terabyte > 20TB)

Watch the Open Source players they are catching up fast and is way more cost effective than the old boys of databases.

Thanks for your reviews.

]]> By: More on Sybase IQ, including Version 15.2 | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services http://www.dbms2.com/2010/05/17/technical-basics-of-sybase-iq/#comment-169582 More on Sybase IQ, including Version 15.2 | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services Sun, 23 May 2010 08:34:31 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=2163#comment-169582 [...] 6-11 give more detail on Sybase’s indexing and data access methods than I put into my recent technical basics of Sybase IQ [...] [...] 6-11 give more detail on Sybase’s indexing and data access methods than I put into my recent technical basics of Sybase IQ [...]

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