Re: power4 vs intel compatibility

2003-03-19 Thread Michael Shields
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Francesco P. Lovergine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's a 1 million $$$ question: is there any compatibility for data > (I mean mysql/postgres tables essentially) among a 32bit pentium IV and a > 64bit powerpc (eg IBM pSeries)? Someone's idea is to build up an h

power4 vs intel compatibility

2003-03-19 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
Hi PPC gurus That's a 1 million $$$ question: is there any compatibility for data (I mean mysql/postgres tables essentially) among a 32bit pentium IV and a 64bit powerpc (eg IBM pSeries)? Someone's idea is to build up an heartbeat based HA system with 1 IBM and 1 Intel as backup for a DBMS. So dat