[Info-vax] Apache + mod_php performance

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 9/29/2024 11:01 AM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 9/28/24 4:33 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Sat, 28 Sep 2024 09:26:51 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 9/28/2024 1:08 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 22:18:39 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>> SQLServer is used at a few high volume places like MS own Office 365
>>>>> web and StackExchange.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if it was used as part of that London Stock Exchange system
>>>> that imploded so spectacularly?
>>>
>>> The TradElect system used by London Stock Exchange 2007-2011 (which was
>>> not a success) used SQLServer 2000 as database.
>>
>> Not exactly a recommendation for mission-critical use, is it?
> 
> Saying SQL Server is a poor choice for anything based on one story about
> SQL 2000 is like saying you should never use a web browser because
> Netscape 1.0 had its problems.  In the last 20+ years, Microsoft has
> made massive investments in improving SQL Server's performance and
> scalability, has ported it to Linux, and has added boatloads of new
> features.  Whether it would be first choice for a trading system I don't
> know, but as Arne said, they run quite a bit of their own mission
> critical stuff on it.

I consider SQLServer a very nice database. I love the ability to
write CLR SP and UDF.

But a Windows license + SQLServer license for a big box is
not cheap.

(and despite SQLServer being available for Linux then I believe Windows
is still by far the most common)

Arne