Re: Need Scheduling Support for Databases?

carl wrote:
> Greetings All,
>
> I'm working on a specification for an Enterprise-class Open Source
> batch scheduler, and I really would like some expert commentary from
> experienced database people. Please have a look at:
>
> http://openjcs.sourceforge.net
>
> and the specification to date at:
>
> http://openjcs.sourceforge.net/doc/OpenJCS-arch.pdf
>
> Frankly, I'm of two minds about it. Half of me thinks it's massive
> overkill, and the other half thinks I must be missing something really
> important. Let me know what you think. I really do want your honest
> opinion, good, bad or indifferent.
>
> Also, it has been suggested that the specification might be useful if
> ported to Windows. For those of you who administer databases on both
> Windows and *nix, how useful would a tool like this be to you in your
> day-to-day operations? Do you think there is a big enough market to
> warrant cross-platform support?
>
> Carl
>

Personally, I would have little use for this. Oracle 10g's DBMS_SCHEDULER provides all of the functionality I need. And it works for Oracle on any platform that Oracle runs on.

HTH,
Brian

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