尽管都取名为“Universal”,但Informix与Oracle公司在开发这一数据库时,却采取了不同的方式。 Informix采取的是集中化的数据库战略,其Informix Universal Server既可存储传统的数据,也可存储定制化的数据,例如多媒体对象等。Informix的“Universal”与Oracle的“Universal”之间最基本差别是:Informix Universal Server是一个可在同一地方管理所有事物的服务器数据库系统,无论你安装何物、管理何物,它都可自动复制,并可针对所要运行的分布请求或修改操作,建立相应的语义环境。 Informix公司认为其“Universal”的性能和管理能力优于Oracle的更具分布能力的“Universal”。Informix公司企业产品部的部门经理Brett Bachmann指出,目前Oracle的数据库所拥有的是一组固定的、预定义的服务程序,用户不能自行建造,用户可向这一系统添加的东西微乎其微。另外,由于这些服务程序全都是独立的,所以 Although both are named “Universal”, Informix and Oracle have taken different approaches when developing this database. Informix takes a centralized database strategy, and its Informix Universal Server can store both traditional data and custom data such as multimedia objects. The basic difference between Informix’s “Universal” and Oracle’s “Universal” is that Informix Universal Server is a server database system that manages everything in the same place. It can be automatically copied no matter what you install or manage. , and establish a corresponding semantic environment for the distribution request or modification operation to be run. Informix believes its “Universal” performance and management capabilities are superior to Oracle’s more distributed “Universal”. Brett Bachmann, division manager of enterprise products at Informix, points out that currently Oracle’s databases have a fixed set of pre-defined service programs that users can’t build on their own, and that users can add little to the system. In addition, because these service programs are all independent, so