Re: Quest Central vs. CA Productivity Pack

Dansken wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My company is evaluating which one of these products to get. I was
> hoping that someone had some opinions regarding the two different
> product and which one is the preferred one. What are the pros/cons
> with the products?
>
> Thoughts, opinions, and/or experiences are greatly welcome...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Magnus Andersen
>

For what purpose? Did you check the stuff that comes with Oracle? Like SQL*Plus (...) and Enterprise Manager (OEM).

My 2 c: both products are aimed at multiple vendors, OEM is Oracle only. Quest does not always have support for the latest versions/options, and does have a history of old-school performance measurements. (e.g. apply pre-7.3 rules on 8i and later). Know CA only briefly from a Sybase/Oracle conversion, and did not like the GUI at all. Cannot comment on functionality of CA.

I would look at Oracles stuff first - it comes with the package, and you already paid for it.

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