Re: Oracle on MVS

In article <1993Jun4.180319.27003_at_huey.csun.edu>, David Thompson <dlt_at_vax.csun.edu> writes:
> Rumor has had it for as long as we've been involved with MVS that Oracle
> is a real resources hog. We have version 6 but our use of it is so
> slight that we have no good feel for the accuracy of this "rumor." We
> are looking at converting our student information system (vsam) to an
> RDBMS and the initial presumption was that we would purchase (or lease)
> and use DB2. (Looking at license costs for both products would tend to
> rule out DB2!) We've likewise heard that DB2 requires all sorts of third
> party products to make a workable system. Developing this application in
> Oracle would also seem to be a great way to prepare for "rightsizing" to
> another hardware platform while DB2 would likely limit that choice.
>
> What experience(s) have others had with Oracle under MVS?
>
>
> David L. Thompson dlt_at_vax.csun.edu
> Computer Center/Cal State University, Northridge
> 18111 Nordhoff Street/Northridge, CA 91330
> (818) 885-2790

We tried Oracle V5 on MVS and it assumed it had all resources or that the machine was just for Oracle. Our Systems people had to drop it down to batch priority so it wouldn't clag our production ADABAS/NATURAL applications.

Along came Oracle V6 and it is much better behaved but our Systems people have put a "resources fence" around it so that it won't impact our production applications. We are gradually establishing a corporate "warehouse" RDBMS in Oracle V6 on MVS. Most users are FOCUS access either from the MVS boxes or from our nationwide VAX/VMS Oracle applications.

We have received Oracle V7 for MVS but our biggest problem is getting a consistent/reliable link between MVS and VMS so there isn't much support for moving/running our Production Oracle applications CLIENT/SERVER to the MVS boxes.

Please post a summary of your replies as I'm interested in what's happening out there in MVS/ORACLE world.

Bruce... pihlab_at_cbr.hhcs.gov.au

PS. The MVS/VMS link problems are not with Oracle, they are with the various

    pieces of hardware and software that form the VMS <-> MVS chain.   Received on Thu Jun 10 1993 - 00:27:02 CEST