Re: Datawarehouse on DB2 vs Oracle

From: Michael Sallwasser <msallwas_at_world.nad.northrop.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 22:45:25 GMT
Message-ID: <CrtLvu.38M_at_gremlin.nrtc.northrop.com>


In article <CrEs0H.FK8_at_cuug.ab.ca> kassama_at_cuug.ab.ca (Anwar Kassam 237-3892) writes:

Here are answers to 3 of your questions.

Is UNIX based DBMS server more cost effective compared to mainframe DB2?

Are experiense is yes.

>Can UNIX evnvironment handle 30 Gigabytes of information?

We handle 14 Gigabytes and we believe we could easily grow to 30 without problems.

>Can it support 100 concurrent users?

Depends on how concurrent. Are they all do massive inquiry? If not, the answer is probably yes you can support 100 concurrent users.

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Received on Thu Jun 23 1994 - 00:45:25 CEST

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