Noons wrote:
> Serge Rielau wrote:
>
>>It's noted that O10gR2 requires "guts" and I'm sure Mark T. can give
>
> you
>
>>the current level of penetration of O10g.
>
>
> Ahem. It wasn't noted at all. And Mark would have extreme difficulty
> in providing any penetration stories for 10gr2: it ain't out yet.
>
> What was noted was that 10g+RAC -or 9ir2+RAC and Linux would require
> guts to go for a critical OLTP system: you'd probably want to get
> Oracle professional services involved, or a very close first line
> support number. Not because it's unworkable but because there are
> quite a few gotchas and not all of them are clearly documented.
> Particularly for someone changing database software as well as
> hardware.
>
>
>>DB2 V8.2 matches O10gR2 (latest drop).
>
>
> Doubt it, given that 10gr2 hasn't been released yet!
> Although I'm quite sure some marketroid at IBM will have the
> authoritative "advantages" white-paper ready for the release date...
> :D
>
>
>>DB2 for LUW has grown a lot with V8. As part of this IBM needs to
>
> grow
>
>>up its delivery strategy and I'm confident they will. After all DB2
>
> V7
>
>>for zOS is supported and will be for a long time. No magic trick to
>
> it.
>
> <jab>
> Same code bases for all, I'm sure. Wonder what that does
> for stability...
> </jab>
>
> Seriously: you'd have noted as well I did my best to
> dissuade the punter from moving. It sounds like too
> critical a system for major continental drifts and I'm sure
> your folks will fix the problems at some stage soon.
> Of course Mark or one of his Bondi tourists will be all
> over him - but that's their job.
>
Duly noted and appreciated.
Cheers
Serge
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Serge Rielau
DB2 SQL Compiler Development
IBM Toronto Lab
Received on Wed May 18 2005 - 22:38:11 CDT
