MySQL for ServiceCenter ?

[tommy]

Should Peregrine implement support for MySQL as the backend RDBMS for ServiceCenter?

They are already implementing support for MySQL in Connect.It

[PaulG]

Should Peregrine implement support for MySQL as the backend RDBMS for ServiceCenter?

They are already implementing support for MySQL in Connect.It

Well, I'd rather they do away with P4 altogether, and not just add facilities for dumping files to another DB.

[alhowarth]

I must agree, P4 is a pain in the a$$. SC is too pricy for small companies. And the companies that can afford Peregrine products already have a RDBMS in place that can be used.

[tommy]

I must agree, P4 is a pain in the a$$. SC is too pricy for small companies. And the companies that can afford Peregrine products already have a RDBMS in place that can be used.

True but if You want SC on a RDBMS on its own You have to buy new licenses. Even though IBM just cut the price on DB2 it is still expensive so MySQL is an alternative. End of this month we move to SC5 on Sun Solaris and when we next year want to use an external RDBMS we are looking at a pricetag of $30.000 for DB2 and $100.000 for Oracle.

Of course MySQL has to be at a very stable and reliable level to be eligible but if MySQL was thrown into above equation I have no doubt that we would choose MySQL instead of DB2 because of the cost.

[alhowarth]

Tommy,

I concur, MySQL sounds like the most cost-effective solution, although I don't have any experience with it myself.

I can understand sticker-shock problems, as I would like to obtain more SC licenses and they are priced too high for today's budgets.