Re: Company thought DB2 will be better than Oracle.

Blair Adamache <badamache@2muchspam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<bk7qnv$igs$1@hanover.torolab.ibm.com>... > For more formal approaches, DB2 supports High Availability through the > following packages / methods: > > HACMP on AIX > Microsoft Cluster server on Windows > Sun Cluster on Solaris > Veritas Cluster Server on Solaris > Heartbeat on Linux > Steeleye on Linux > Serviceguard on HP Does the cost of all that extra stuff get added to the TCO when comparing prices with products that don't need all that jazz to do the same? Cheers Nuno Souto wizofoz2k@yahoo.com.au.nospam

Noons wrote: > Blair Adamache <badamache@2muchspam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<bk7qnv$igs$1@hanover.torolab.ibm.com>... > >>For more formal approaches, DB2 supports High Availability through the >>following packages / methods: >> >>HACMP on AIX >>Microsoft Cluster server on Windows >>Sun Cluster on Solaris >>Veritas Cluster Server on Solaris >>Heartbeat on Linux >>Steeleye on Linux >>Serviceguard on HP > > > Does the cost of all that extra stuff get added > to the TCO when comparing prices with products > that don't need all that jazz to do the same? > HDR doesn't take care of failing over IP addresses, does it? What about automatically switching from backup to primary when one system goes down? (without rolling your own scripts to do the detection / failover). DB2 can do "HA" without the 3rd party HA products using log shipping. Granted, log shipping is primitive in comparison to HDR, but I think that it is closer in functionality than HACMP/MSCS/etc. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----