Re: Comparison of DB2 and Oracle?
From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:29:17 -0700
Message-ID: <1098926897.841828_at_yasure>
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> If the analysis and /or programming is bad then these costs will be higher.
> And do not forget, Oracle will charge you for a licence, this is ongoing.
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> The database market is saturated with capable products.
> What does RMAN do that the OS does not ?
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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:29:17 -0700
Message-ID: <1098926897.841828_at_yasure>
michael newport wrote:
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>>>development and maintenance costs are human factors. >> >>Yes! And they are onging.
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> If the analysis and /or programming is bad then these costs will be higher.
> And do not forget, Oracle will charge you for a licence, this is ongoing.
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>>To reduce the total cost of a project over several years, >> >> Reduce development and maintenance costs,
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>> By writing and maintaining LESS code,
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>> By having more capability in the vendor's product,
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> The database market is saturated with capable products.
> What does RMAN do that the OS does not ?
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>> By using that capability.
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Many many things so rather than spouting off about things of which you have no knowledge why don't you invest some effort and learn about them. All you've done so far is advertise your lack of knowledge about both Oracle and DB2.
But for starters ... incremental backup of changed blocks.
-- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)Received on Thu Oct 28 2004 - 03:29:17 CEST