Re: partiioning option not worth it?

Hi Keith,

I think you missed the point. In DW environments it is mandatory. How will you implement the sliding window technique without support from the database. How will you implement automatic partition pruning? How will you implement parallel DML? and so on....

To conclude that. In DW environments it makes sense to spend that money and you also get further features with the enterprise edition which are needed in these environments.

Stefan

Keith Boulton wrote:

> I (like another poster) have been suckered into using the partitioning
> option when we don't have a licence for it. I was told that we 'a licence
> for everything', but this was from someone who, like me, thought that
> enterprise edition included it.
>
> The partitioning option costs £7000 per processor and I have 2 on the
> machine I'm using. For my needs, I can develop my own equivalent
> functionality in about 1 day.
>
> The partitioning option also requires the enterprise edition which is
> £28000 per processor instead of £12000.
>
> For a 2 processor machine, using partitioning will cost £44,000. I believe
> that in > 95% of cases it is straightforward to code the equivalent
> functionality, certainly in less than 20 man weeks.
>
> Why the f. does anyone buy it?
>
> I also notice the clause about reinstatement fee on support contracts now.
> No wonder people are looking to open source software when piss-taking like
> that is going on.
Received on Thu Feb 21 2002 - 04:17:54 CST