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Are you moving away from traditional relational databases?   [Edit]

Survey period: 30 May 2011 to 6 Jun 2011

Key/value, semi-relational, XML, distributed or whatever suits your specific purpose. Are you moving away from the trusty RDBMS?

OptionVotes% 
Yes - we don't use RDBMSs for our repositories.323.94
We're in the process of moving to non RDBMSs192.34
We use both14918.33
We're planning to move and/or try alternatives404.92
No - we'll stick with RDBMSs49460.76
I have no need of database storage for my apps.799.72



 
GeneralHi! I just got here, I hope you support. Pin
lanmingle4-Jun-11 23:17
lanmingle4-Jun-11 23:17 
GeneralRe: Hi! I just got here, I hope you support. Pin
Smithers-Jones5-Jun-11 1:52
Smithers-Jones5-Jun-11 1:52 
GeneralIt Depends Pin
avigodse31-May-11 23:00
professionalavigodse31-May-11 23:00 
GeneralRe: It Depends Pin
zingoraa31-May-11 23:02
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GeneralRe: It Depends Pin
avigodse31-May-11 23:04
professionalavigodse31-May-11 23:04 
GeneralRe: It Depends Pin
zingoraa31-May-11 23:14
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GeneralRe: It Depends Pin
avigodse31-May-11 23:15
professionalavigodse31-May-11 23:15 
GeneralWell Pin
#realJSOP31-May-11 11:33
professional#realJSOP31-May-11 11:33 
GeneralRe: Well Pin
Not Active2-Jun-11 7:31
mentorNot Active2-Jun-11 7:31 
GeneralRe: Well Pin
Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳3-Jun-11 4:52
Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳3-Jun-11 4:52 
GeneralNo, but I wish Pin
wizardzz31-May-11 6:33
wizardzz31-May-11 6:33 
GeneralBeyond Platinum Pin
W Balboos, GHB31-May-11 1:50
W Balboos, GHB31-May-11 1:50 
GeneralRe: Beyond Platinum Pin
Slacker00731-May-11 3:40
professionalSlacker00731-May-11 3:40 
GeneralRe: Beyond Platinum Pin
W Balboos, GHB31-May-11 4:14
W Balboos, GHB31-May-11 4:14 
GeneralRe: Beyond Platinum Pin
#realJSOP31-May-11 11:32
professional#realJSOP31-May-11 11:32 
GeneralRe: Beyond Platinum Pin
Slacker0071-Jun-11 0:00
professionalSlacker0071-Jun-11 0:00 
GeneralRe: Beyond Platinum Pin
RC_Sebastien_C1-Jun-11 15:47
RC_Sebastien_C1-Jun-11 15:47 
GeneralIt will be what it will be Pin
W Balboos, GHB31-May-11 1:36
W Balboos, GHB31-May-11 1:36 
GeneralI will change when I see better. Pin
Slacker00731-May-11 0:40
professionalSlacker00731-May-11 0:40 
GeneralSharePoint Pin
Fernando A. Gomez F.30-May-11 6:33
Fernando A. Gomez F.30-May-11 6:33 
GeneralRe: SharePoint Pin
Espen Harlinn30-May-11 11:53
professionalEspen Harlinn30-May-11 11:53 
GeneralRe: SharePoint Pin
Fernando A. Gomez F.30-May-11 12:22
Fernando A. Gomez F.30-May-11 12:22 
Espen Harlinn wrote:
This might be of interest:Performance Benchmarks for SharePoint Lists[^]

For years I've been telling everyone who would listen about the negative consequences of performing looping operations in the object model (OM) against large data sets.


That's why in such scenarios you don't do looping operations with the object model, but rather perform a CAML query, as the same article suggests.

However, obviously there is some overhead involved, as is with any platform (i.e. compare .NET against unmanaged code). The thing is that most of the times the benefits of not having to develop a back-end for administrators, of being able to rapidly create web applications with minimal efforts and with a nice customizable UI outweighs the overhead inconveniences. And most of our customers prefer it this way.

Of course, if this overhead becomes an issue for one project, we wouldn't use SharePoint. If performance is indeed critical, we would most likely go with C++ and unmanaged code (this was actually the case with a recently closed project).

So, in conclusion, as long as SharePoint saves our customer's money, and we deliver what they expect, they will still go for it. And we will have to follow.

Cheers!
GeneralRe: SharePoint Pin
Espen Harlinn30-May-11 13:40
professionalEspen Harlinn30-May-11 13:40 
GeneralRDBMS is here to stay PinPopular
JP_Rocks29-May-11 22:25
JP_Rocks29-May-11 22:25 
GeneralRe: RDBMS is here to stay Pin
Mircea Puiu30-May-11 0:35
Mircea Puiu30-May-11 0:35 

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