Re: yipeee!

From: Rob Cowell <rjc4687_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 15:44:22 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <40211355.94A43A97@hotmail.com>

Mike wrote:
>
> Just recieved a 'thought experiment' assignment from my boss.
> Does it make sense, and how would it be accomplised, to move
> the databases from the mainframe (small VSE 390?) to AIX?
> I mentioned that we should then look at possible programs from
> IBM to convert the mainframe database (VSAM?) files into DB2/AIX,
> or Oracle databases.

Oracle Migration Workbench

http://tahiti.oracle.com/pls/db92/db92.show_toc?partno=a97252&remark=drilldown&word=migration+workbench

> And that I thought Oracle had some facility
> such that we could cluster and load-balance two+ nodes running
> something like Parallel Oracle so that should a node need booting
> or modifying off-line the application is still running (at
> reduced capacity) for the users.

Oracle Real Application Clusters

http://tahiti.oracle.com/pls/db92/db92.show_toc?partno=a96597&remark=drilldown&word=real+application+clusters

>
> Thoughts?
>
> Mike
Received on Wed Feb 04 2004 - 09:44:22 CST