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RE: Informix to Oracle Migration

Posted in 2005

Topics: Performance & Tuning, Migration, Import/Export & Data Conversion

Dirk Moolman — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

-----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of DA Morgan Sent: 11 April 2005 05:55 PM Dirk Moolman wrote: [snip] >>I agree with the heffalump, but it seems to me that Oracle's official >>response would be "chuck more tin at it..." >> >>And more people to support it, higher running costs, more hassle etc > > etc > > I tend to agree with this statement ! > > sending to informix-list > >I don't. It totally ignores the huge investment Oracle has made into >10g such as ADDM, ASM, OMF, etc. And if you don't recognize these >acronyms it equates to a lack of understanding of any recent release >of Oracle. Apologies, not trying to offend anyone here. We are still on version 9i of Oracle (busy migrating to it), and so far Oracle involves a lot more maintenance than my Informix systems. Probably just a lack of setting it up 100%. In my environment, I can use all the time I can save. It just feels that Oracle is more flexible when it comes to tuning, but that also means more planning and more work, which I don't have. sending to informix-list

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DA Morgan — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Dirk Moolman wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] > On Behalf Of DA Morgan > Sent: 11 April 2005 05:55 PM > > Dirk Moolman wrote: > > [snip] > > > >>>I agree with the heffalump, but it seems to me that Oracle's official >>>response would be "chuck more tin at it..." >>> >>>And more people to support it, higher running costs, more hassle etc >> >>etc >> >>I tend to agree with this statement ! >> >>sending to informix-list >> >>I don't. It totally ignores the huge investment Oracle has made into >>10g such as ADDM, ASM, OMF, etc. And if you don't recognize these >>acronyms it equates to a lack of understanding of any recent release >>of Oracle. > > > > Apologies, not trying to offend anyone here. We are still on version 9i > of Oracle (busy migrating to it), and so far Oracle involves a lot more > maintenance than my Informix systems. > > Probably just a lack of setting it up 100%. > > In my environment, I can use all the time I can save. It just feels > that Oracle is more flexible when it comes to tuning, but that also > means more planning and more work, which I don't have. > > sending to informix-list Likely you are too busy fighting off aligators to think of draining the swamp. But my production 9i systems run without little or none of my time required. The problem for most people is that they are still managing Oracle 9i and 10g the way they managed Oracle 6 and 7. Seriously ... if you don't understand those acronyms above ... you need some serious time off for education. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)