Who's using what dbs?

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 11/30/09 5:33 AM, "Alex Adams" <alex at a2technology.com> wrote:

Hi Alex,

>From all text before, I can say it looks you have two options for now

A) Postgre SQL
B) Valentina DB

Btw, Valentina is able to do:

A) automatic compression of BLOB fields using ZIP, x7 save of space

B) automatic compressions of network protocol. As far as I know, not mySQL,
not Postgre not do that. Of course if file is binary you can self compress
it using ZIP, and then store as is. But not always this is a way.


> That is a very good question.  There are several reasons.  Most of them have
> to do with security.  Some server installations are locked down so tight
> that getting permission to write to a directory on the server from an app
> that does not reside on the server is problematic, even within a server
> farm.  Transferring a file over the internet securely requires a secure
> communication channel.  SSL or VPN, etc.  With a pure database
> implementation, the app just needs the address and logon for the database
> server.  Nothing else.  FrontBase and OpenBase provide proprietary secure
> communications between their drivers and the database itself.  All traffic
> is encrypted.  Easy and safe.  No coding or special setup required.  The
> same setup works for any platform.  It's unbelievable how handy this is.
> 
> There are other reasons, but it is Sunday night here and I think I'm done
> thinking.
> -- 
> Alex Adams

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Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
http://www.paradigmasoft.com

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