Protecting Virtualization with Superior Data Access
The most popular commercial databases all include data connectivity components -- ODBC and JDBC drivers and ADO.NET data providers -- at no additional charge. The open source community, too, offers data connectivity software. Attracted by the price tag, architects simply use these free or open source components by default in connecting a particular database to various applications.
But FREE Isn’t Always Better.
In the resource-rich world of hosting applications on a dedicated server, this approach typically does not present too many performance issues. However, in a virtualized setting, insisting on the use of such “free”, but often substandard, data connectivity components can actually cost organizations more than they anticipate in terms of inadequate performance.
