Why are there so many Oracle and MS SQL Server DBA's, and so few IBM I
DBA's?
Because there is not enough work to do for an IBM i DBA, database and
operating system do a lot for them.
For example:
Who ever reorganized indexes (or logical files) on the i?
Who ever had to care about table spaces and buffers on the i?
Who ever calculated the blocking size based on the row length on the i?
Who ever updated statistics on the i?
Etc.
There might be someone who cares about the performance, i.e. someone who
surveys the queries and creates the right indexe.
But even with a well-designed SQL database it's rarely a full-time job.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
Birgitta Hauser
"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." (Les
Brown)
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." (Derek Bok)
"What is worse than training your staff and losing them? Not training them
and keeping them!"
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Von: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Mark
Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc.
Gesendet: Wednesday, 30.7 2014 19:24
An: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Betreff: Re: What would you do without RPG?
While that sounds reasonable, if true, it begs the question: Why are there
so many Oracle and MS SQL Server DBA's, and so few IBM I DBA's? It's not
that Oracle and SQL Server do more work, and I doubt that IT directors in
those shops are just looking for people to give money to.
Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: -----
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)"
<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 07/19/2014 05:59PM
Subject: Re: What would you do without RPG?
On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Birgitta Hauser <Hauser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
SAP on i:
Sometimes ago in an SQL Workshop someone told me they formerly worked
with SAP on a pSeries and an Oracle database.
He also told me as long as they worked with the ORACLE database there
were everyday 3 DBAs who did nothing else than balance indexes and
adjust buffers etc.
that has to be make work, no? There must be code an ORACLE admin can run
that automates whatever it is that has to be done to keep the database
functioning.
-Steve
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