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Re: No future for DB2

From: Buck Nuggets <bucknuggets_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 31 Jul 2005 09:11:30 -0700
Message-ID: <1122826290.357495.212290@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>


> How could running recovery drills be easier in DB2 than in Oracle?

db2 has less moving parts to worry about

> If I were to compare Oracle and DB2, ease of use or support would be the
> last thing come to mind. The overall difference is so minor. Anybody with
> slightly different experience would disagree with you.

once again, less moving parts. less stuff to manage. of course, sometimes those extra parts given oracle flexibility that's useful. at least theoretically that's the case. In my opion, it's also much less forgiving - in which every single configuration change is preceeded with a backup, and even shutting down the database can be a pain. That's something that just doesn't seem common in the db2 world - to do backups before every change. Talking about 9i here and v8 btw.

> No, partitioning is not included in DB2 Workgroup Edition. You can't even do
> simple replications in DB2 without purchasing a separate product.

Last I checked, Workgroup Server Edition (WSE) costs $999 + $250 / user in the concurrent or registered model. It also supports:

And how much does partitioning cost / server for oracle? $10,000? so, what are we looking at here? $1500 for db2 vs $40,000 just for oracle partitioning - not even including the base product?

Note that buying just the vanilla database doesn't get you all the data warehousing bells and whistles that oracle & db2 can offer. Then again, those features are expensive and of debatable value anyway. Received on Sun Jul 31 2005 - 11:11:30 CDT

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