Re: The IBM iSeries word from FOSE...

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep,  lets see how many less steps you can get for a backup than.
1) GO SAVE<enter>
2) 21<enter>   :-)

 - Larry

ron_adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Interesting statistics. They're comparing it to IBM UDB 8.2, that's NOT 
> the iSeries/i5/AS400 version. I would be interested in seeing a comparison 
> there.
>
> An independent study finds Oracle Database 10g more cost-effective to 
> manage than IBM DB2 Universal Database 8.2. 
>
> Oracle Database 10g compared to IBM DB2 Universal Database 8.2:
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> Allowed DBAs to perform administrative functions in 46% less time
> Required 29% fewer steps for the same RDBMS administrative tasks
> Took 58% less time and 30% fewer steps for backup and recovery
> Required 76% less time and was 62% less complex in performance diagnostics 
> and tuning  
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> "Steve Landess" <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent by: midrange-l-bounces+ron_adams=cranevalve.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 04/07/2005 02:35 PM
> Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
>
>
>        To:     "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>        cc: 
>        Subject:        Re: The IBM iSeries word from FOSE...
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> > Don wrote:
> > Bill, I'd also download and read the new whitepaper that Oracle has
> > comparing 10g vs DB2...I'm sure you're going to get hit with it and I've
> > not seen any IBM response to it yet.
> >    
>
> Guys -
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> Here is the URL for the study mentioned above.
>
> http://www.oracle.com/webapps/dialogue/dlgpage.jsp?p_ext=Y&p_dlg_id=3814242&src=3677443&Act=12&kw=switchto10g8a
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> or
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> http://tinyurl.com/5trnr
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>
> Regards,
> Steve
>  

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