Re: Question for DBA who do both Oracle and DB2

On Fri, 04 Oct 2002 10:28:13 GMT, willjamu_at_mindspring.com (James Williams) wrote:

You'ved never lived until administered some database on OS/390.

>On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 17:45:12 +0000, buckeye234 <member_at_dbforums.com>
>wrote:
>
>They are both very powerful. Having worked with both I would say
>Oracle is easier on admininster. Go to db2mag.com and look for an
>article Oracle showing ADMIN difference's. If you read it you will see
>from that article only that Oracle is easier to admin.
>
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>>This question is for DBA's who do both Oracle administration and DB2
>>administration.
>>
>>Ignoring the difference in features between Oracle and DB2/UDB and
>>assuming the most basic use of each, which database is easier to
>>administer in a UNIX environment? I am talking about setting installing
>>the database software on the UNIX server, creating databases and then
>>creating objects whithin the database. Just the most basic stuff.
>>
>>If you do, or have done, both, I'd be interested to hear what you see.
>>
>>BTW: I have searched this newsgroup and found numerous comparisons of
>>Oracle and DB2, but they mostly compared features, differences in the
>>RDBMS implementations, and are rather involved. I am really only
>>interested in "Ease of Administration" at this point.
>>
>>Thnaks in advance for you input.
>>Patrick
>>
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Received on Fri Oct 04 2002 - 21:26:04 CDT