2015-05-06
Open Source RDBMSs have matured and today can be considered by information leaders, DBAs and application development management as a standard infrastructure choice for a large majority of new enterprise applications.
Open source RDBMSs vs. commercial RDBMSs, Gartner report
From the report:
Impacts
- Open Source relational DBMSs (RDBMSs) have matured and today can be considered by information leaders, DBAs and application development management as a standard infrastructure choice for a large majority of new enterprise applications.
- An increasing proportion of third-party and in-house applications can be used on Open Source RDBMSs, meaning DBAs and application development management can now use them to replace existing internal commercial RDBMSs.
- Information leaders who opt for an Open Source DBMS (OSDBMS) licensing model can benefit from much lower costs than using a commercial model, even with today's hosted cloud and database platform as a service (dbPaaS) offerings.
Recommendations
- Add an Open Source RDBMS to your organization's RDBMS standards for new uses, and to replace a commercial RDBMS where it and specific functionality are not required.
- Evaluate the use of an Open Source RDBMS, when offered by a third-party application vendor, as the implementation platform of choice for existing deployments.
- Look for subscription-based pricing models, even if not open source — most offer the same cost model and lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
Written by Susannah Eriksson