Re: The IBM iSeries word from FOSE...

Here is a pet theory of mine that must be wrong because no else ever
mentions it, but I would be glad to read comments regarding it:

The single greatest strength of OS/400 is that major tasks can be taught
quickly and effectively to relatively average workers.  The vertical vs.
horizontal approach to tasks means a security officer can be a clerk in the
office that has no other computer training.  The person that does backup can
be the bookkeeper or a night shift worker bee.  

When I look at other installations it appears to me that no worker is useful
at even the smallest of tasks until they have been to school, trained
on-site, and have been thoroughly vetted as to their ability.  The need for
a DBA, with support staff, is critical.

I suspect I have worded this badly, but you can see where the idea is going.

 
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Booth Martin
http://www.martinvt.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: 04/07/05 19:31:44
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: The IBM iSeries word from FOSE...
 
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
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>        To:     "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"
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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.
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>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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>
 
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