Re: Oracle/Informix admin.

Posted in 2000

John Harman — Fri, 13 Oct 2000 09:22:46 +1100 (EST) — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > From: John Harman <harmanj@agric.nsw.gov.au> > > > > Need some info from people who have driven both Oracle and > >Informix as administrators. > > What are the main differences from this point of view? > > Could someone easily move between them? Especially from Informix > > to Oracle? > > The other way round is much easier. Informix has a coherence of design and > use that is largely missing from Oracle. Although the fundamental principles > of operation are surprisingly similar, the implementations are very > different. I personally find Oracle a huge pain in the ass to use. There are > no nifty tools to monitor it, so you have to buy BMC or something to do all > the clever stuff for you. That seems to be the concensus from everyone I've spoken to. Thanks. John