Re: XPS to IDS - a positive note for all from the road

On 3 Sep, 22:26, Fernando Nunes <domusonl...@gmail.com> wrote: > da...@smooth1.co.uk wrote: > > On 30 Aug, 17:33, Serge Rielau <srie...@ca.ibm.com> wrote: > >> da...@smooth1.co.uk wrote: > >>> Also where is the IDS equivalent of DB2 DPF? > >> That is XPS... or rather it was "Arrowhead" > > >>> Oracle has RAC > >>> DB2 has DPF > >> Apples and Oranges. > >> If you want to compare you have to compare RAC to DB2 on a Sysplex > > >> Cheers > >> Serge > >> -- > >> Serge Rielau > >> DB2 Solutions Development > >> IBM Toronto Lab > > > Nope, I am talking about spreading a database across multiple machines > > where the task will required more power than > > one machine can handle. > > RAC will not do that. DPF and XPS do. > IDS could not do that without customizing the application/query unless you are > willing to work with distributed views... > Regards. > > -- > Fernando Nunes > Portugal > > http://informix-technology.blogspot.com > My email works... but I don't check it frequently...- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - So when are they going to add this feature to IDS now that it will not be merged with DB2? All the other serious products have this capability (apart from Oracle, I wonder how they get around that in their marketing?).

On Sep 5, 12:24 pm, "da...@smooth1.co.uk" <da...@smooth1.co.uk> wrote: > So when are they going to add this feature to IDS now that it will not > be merged with DB2? > All the other serious products have this capability (apart from > Oracle, I wonder how they get around that in their marketing?). You won't see it. What? IBM add a feature to IDS that would allow it to be used in a shared nothing distributed environment? Now that would mean it could compete against DB2, IBM's stated Data warehouse platform. For SHAME! for even suggesting that!