Historically, HPCC field has not made much use of commercial software. Especially database systems. |
Elsewhere, databases increasingly viewed as "the right way" to do many things. May require slightly larger initial investment (software, training...), but cheaper over entire life cycle. |
NPAC currently runs four Oracle servers. Question is not whether to add more, but how many more and if production or development or teaching? |
Lack of clear RDBMS strategy at CEWES MSRC limits these WWW/database projects & possibly other creative and useful applications |