Welcome to Objectivity, Inc. -- makers of the industry leading Objectivity/DB object-oriented database management platform, Grid Certified (Levels 1 through 6), and SOA compliant We are the leader in scalable database management solutions for mission-critical, real-time and distributed applications.
Click for print version of this page
Object Oriented Database Learning Center

Object Oriented Databases vs Relational Databases

Object Oriented Database vs Relational Database

Introduction

Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMSs) have been very successful, but their success is limited to certain types of applications. As business users expand to newer types of applications, and grow older ones, their attempts to use RDBMS encounter the "Relational Wall," where RDBMS technology no longer provides the performance and functionality needed. This wall is encountered when extending information models to support relationships, new data types, extensible data types, and direct support of objects. Similarly, the wall appears when deploying in distributed environments with complex operations. Attempts to scale the wall with relational technology lead to an explosion of tables, many joins, poor performance, poor scalability, and loss of integrity. ODBMSs offer a path beyond the wall. This paper measures the wall, explains what model and architectural differences cause it, how to foresee it, and how to avoid it.


Download our complimentary white paper comparing relational database management systems (RDBMS) to object-oriented or object database management systems (ODBMS), in PDF format Adobe Acrobat PDF Document


Object Oriented Database Learning Center