[dba-SQLServer] SQL Server versus Oracle

Come to find out, I am speaking in 30 minutes about the virtues of SQL
Server 2005 versus those of Oracle.  Given that my knowledge of Oracle
could still dance comfortably on the head of a pin, I am frantically
googling up details for my 'speech', and I would love to have your
opinions

I can easily say that we have already SQL Server and that Oracle is
going to cost us $$$$$ that we hadn't budgeted for.  The thing I am most
up against is a contention that 650 users are going to generate more
data in a year or two than SQL Server can possibly hold.  I'm of the
opinion that with a normalized database in a call center environment,
users generating 10 or 12 records per call can go for years without
seeing much if any slowdown.  Is this accurate?  

Oracle isn't being suggested for the production environment however.
Oracle is being pushed for the REPORTING side of this system, for the 3
or 4 analysts who will be looking at the long term performance of the
folks in the call center.  

Is this making sense?  The production staff can live with SQL Server,
but 3 or 4 analysts need the big bucks spent on Oracle for running their
reports.  

Opinions, please?


Thanks, 


Liz 


Liz Doering
elizabeth.j.doering at wellsfargo.com
612.667.2447


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