RE: OEM 2.1 vs. BMC Patrol

ron,

thanks, I'll checkthem out.. I'm on Unix :)

Rachel

>From: "Ron Rogers" <RROGERS_at_galottery.org>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: RE: OEM 2.1 vs. BMC Patrol
>Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 06:09:07 -0800
>
>Rachel,
>I had the opportunity to attend a demo of the Precise products a while ago.
>I was impressed with them and the demo presentation. Perhaps you can
>contact them at www.precisesoft.com and see if the are planning anything
>in your area. It is well worth the time. The only drawback to thier product
>is that it only operates on a unix or NT based OS. We use Novell so
>therefore are out of luck. In searching for other monitoring products I
>found Quest software at www.quest.com has a good product line that includes
>a great graphic display of the instance (Instance Monitor) and a good SQL
>tuning package (SQL Expert and SQL Navigator). I have finally convinced the
>management to include $$$ in the budget so I can purchase the products for
>our location.
> Hope this helps,
>Ron ROgers
>DBA
>Atl.GA
>
> >From: "Gait, Christopher" <cgait_at_condor.nrl.navy.mil>
> >Reply
>
> >>> carmichr_at_hotmail.com 06/28/00 06:08AM >>>
>Chris,
>
>I have an opportunity at the moment to look at many different products and
>bring in what I want... do you have a website for Precise?
>
>Thanks
>
>Rachel
>
>
> >From: "Gait, Christopher" <cgait_at_condor.nrl.navy.mil>
> >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> >Subject: RE: OEM 2.1 vs. BMC Patrol
> >Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 19:34:15 -0800
> >
> >Have you looked at Precise software? We're evaluating it right now for
> >performance monitoring and improvement and what I've seen so far
>impresses
> >me. The real beauty is that Precise works from outside Oracle. It sucks
> >information on the SGA and pool directly out of Unix memory and thus has
>no
> >user login, no querying V$ views, no real impact at all on the instance.
> >The
> >figures I've seen are that it uses less than 5% of one CPU on a server
>and
> >allows you to query performance and build a SQL repository (tracking what
> >was run and how it effected everything else running) with a HUGE refresh
> >rate (up to 99 times a second).
> >
> >Mike Ault recommends it, which was the first endorsement that got my
> >attention.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Chris Gait
> >Arlington, VA
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 9:17 PM
> >To: Oracle-L; Oracledba
> >
> >
> >Damagement is keen on acquiring some DBA tools. The current tools being
> >considered are BMC Patrol and OEM. We are strictly a Sun/Oracle/Apache
>shop
> >and don't need cross platform support. Any white papers or comparisons of
> >OEM 2.1 vs. BMC Patrol?
> >
> >I've been burned by OEM 1.X in the past but have been pleasingly
>surprised
> >by OEM 2.1. I set it up on a Sun pizza box for the Management Server tier
> >and I use Windoze NT for the client tier. It performs well (despite
> >Windoze)
> >and has lots of functionality. Looks like Oracle has FINALLY come through
> >with a viable release of OEM! (We're using the Diagnostics and
>Performance
> >Packs with the Replication and InterMedia Text Managers.)
> >
> >After briefly reviewing BMC's site, I'm seeing a lot more functionality
> >with
> >OEM. Is there ANY functionality in BMC Patrol that OEM does not have? For
> >that matter, is there any important functionality in any of the other
>tools
> >(Savant, Embarcadero, Quest, etc.) which is missing from OEM 2.1?
> >
> >It's time to re-evaluate the offerings... any feedback is greatly
> >appreciated.
> >
> >
> >TIA!!!
> >Steve Orr
> >
> >The biggest investment is my time and the dollar cost of software is
>small
> >potatoes by comparison.
> >
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