Re: DBA tools

Posted in 2000

Topics: Performance & Tuning, Server Administration

Obnoxio The Clown — Fri, 31 Mar 2000 08:59:24 BST — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

From: "Garnadi" <garnadi@kpei.co.id> > >I'm facing a software vendor offering me his product. The product is about >to help DBA to hold his routine task, such as monitoring, back up, and >tuning. Actually, I am satisfied with the tools Informix provide to us, >although I am not mastering the tools :-) > >O ya, The product also support multi DBMS's although for each DBMS we have >to pay it one for one. > >Base on your experience, is it worthed to have such product ? If you don't already see the need for it, don't buy it. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Thomas Parsli — 31 Mar 2000 13:57:34 +0200 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> writes: > From: "Garnadi" <garnadi@kpei.co.id> > > > >I'm facing a software vendor offering me his product. The product is about > >to help DBA to hold his routine task, such as monitoring, back up, and > >tuning. Actually, I am satisfied with the tools Informix provide to us, > >although I am not mastering the tools :-) > > > >O ya, The product also support multi DBMS's although for each DBMS we have > >to pay it one for one. > > > >Base on your experience, is it worthed to have such product ? > > If you don't already see the need for it, don't buy it. Hey! We're _males_ -right? Buying stuff we don't need is what makes us men... On the more serious side: I've never seen a tool like this doing "the right thing". (for databases _or_ unixes) Thomas