Re: No future for DB2
In a cross-group 'No future for DB2' argument, Madison Pruet cautioned Noons about citing DBA headcounts, saying he knew impressive system-to-DBA ratios for Informix. Noons said he knew a project where IBM GSA placed 27 DBAs, only five ex-DB2 and none Oracle, billed as Oracle. John Carlson joked about it. Opinion and anecdote only; no technical resolution.
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"Noons" <wizofoz2k@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:42f117f3$0$11917$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... > Peter Nolan apparently said,on my timestamp of 4/08/2005 1:59 AM: > > > > > > I am sure IBM Global Services are just as happy to look after an Oracle > > database as a DB2 database as an abacus if they can earn their hourly > > fee for doing so... (LOL)!! > > and place heaps of their hordes on the job. > 27 dbas in a single project, I counted last time. > As if ANY of them was a dba... > Noons --- I'd be very careful about talking of the number of DBA's required to run a database system if I were you. I can quote some fairly impressive system/dba ratios which are in place for the IBM Informix server.
Madison Pruet apparently said,on my timestamp of 4/08/2005 5:32 AM: >> >>>I am sure IBM Global Services are just as happy to look after an Oracle >>>database as a DB2 database as an abacus if they can earn their hourly >>>fee for doing so... (LOL)!! >> >>and place heaps of their hordes on the job. >>27 dbas in a single project, I counted last time. >>As if ANY of them was a dba... >> > > > Noons --- I'd be very careful about talking of the number of DBA's required > to run a database system if I were you. I can quote some fairly impressive > system/dba ratios which are in place for the IBM Informix server. Me too. I can even tell you in which project IBMGSA placed the 27 dbas. -- Cheers Nuno Souto in sunny Sydney, Australia wizofoz2k@yahoo.com.au.nospam
On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:36:54 +1000, Noons <wizofoz2k@yahoo.com.au> wrote: >Madison Pruet apparently said,on my timestamp of 4/08/2005 5:32 AM: >>> >>>>I am sure IBM Global Services are just as happy to look after an Oracle >>>>database as a DB2 database as an abacus if they can earn their hourly >>>>fee for doing so... (LOL)!! >>> >>>and place heaps of their hordes on the job. >>>27 dbas in a single project, I counted last time. >>>As if ANY of them was a dba... >>> >> >> >> Noons --- I'd be very careful about talking of the number of DBA's required >> to run a database system if I were you. I can quote some fairly impressive >> system/dba ratios which are in place for the IBM Informix server. > >Me too. I can even tell you in which project IBMGSA >placed the 27 dbas. Oracle DBAs or DB2 DBAs?? 8-) JWC
John Carlson apparently said,on my timestamp of 4/08/2005 12:25 PM: > > > Oracle DBAs or DB2 DBAs?? 8-) None of them was an Oracle DBA. 5 were ex-DB2 dbas. Or so they claimed. But they got sold to the client as if they were all Oracle and all needed. No one works like IBM/GSA to give Oracle the TCO spin... ;) -- Cheers Nuno Souto in sunny Sydney, Australia wizofoz2k@yahoo.com.au.nospam